Johann Hari: They were great at first a " but then the creativity dries up

Full story: The Independent

Last year, I had my own brief experiment with smart drugs. I felt burned out after a series of long foreign assignments, and my brain was rustily chug-chugging along at half-speed. That's when I first read about a drug being billed as "Viagra for the brain" not Ritalin, but Provigil, a brand name for modafinil.

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