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Modafinil: Is This Wildly Popular Smart Drug Safe And Effective? (& What It Can Do For Your Sleep Cycles & Brain Health).

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The Effects of Enantiomer on Modaphanol Release

There are two different shapes of modaphanol molecule, and they are metabolized differently. The R enantiomer is the one that's metabolized very slowly. So it's got a much longer half-life than the S enantiomer. That might be good or bad depending on exactly what indication you're using it for. You know, in addition to those CYP inhibitors I was talking about, there were some other compounds he came across that appears to actually kind of neutralize modaphanol or slow its release. This is kind of related to theanine. Some people will use theanine to take the edge off of a stimulant. Many people who use modaph

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