Waklert is a generic version of the potent nootropic drug, armodafinil.
Similar versions go by the names of Nuvigil®, R-modafinil, and Artvigil.
Waklert is used to promote wakefulness and improve concentration. It’s popular among people that perform jobs that require high levels of concentration.
Examples include pilots, air traffic controllers, military special forces, medical students, and business executives.
Here we discuss the pros and cons of Waklert, how to take it, where to buy it, how it compares to other options, and what our overall thoughts of this medication are.
What Is Armodafinil?
Modafinil is well-known in the nootropic community for its ability to boost overall productivity. It keeps us awake and alert by increasing dopamine, norepinephrine, and orexin levels in the brain.
Despite the popularity of modafinil, few people are aware of modafinil’s stronger brother, armodafinil.
Inside modafinil tablets, there are two versions of the same chemical; R-modafinil, and S-modafinil. They look identical aside from being mirror images of each other. It’s the same with your right and left hands. They look the same but are fundamentally opposite in their structure.
Armodafinil is pure R-modafinil, which is considered the most psychoactive of the two versions of modafinil. Scientists refer to a medication involving only one specific version (enantiomer) of a molecule an “enantiopure compound.”
Modafinil, on the other hand, is considered a “racemic compound” which means that there is an equal number of right-handed and left-handed versions in the mix.
The difference between pure R-modafinil and the racemic versions seems subtle at first. After all, they both bind to the same receptors and do virtually the same thing in the body. Right?
There are actually some major differences in the effects of these two compounds. R-modafinil is slightly stronger than racemic modafinil on a micro-level. Compound this with billions of molecules in a single dose, and the effects suddenly become very strong.
