Modafinil (Provigil) is not FDA approved treatment for ADHD
Non amphetamine stimulant occasionally
On August 9, 2008 the FDA had issued a nonapprovable letter for the drug for treating children and adolescents with ADHD.
Also, May 2006:
GAITHERSBURG, MD. -- A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee declared that modafinil is not safe for treating ADHD in children and adolescents.
At a meeting of the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, the panel members were mainly concerned about modafinil's potential to cause Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS). The severe rash, which is often due to a hypersensitivity reaction to a drug, can be fatal in up to 5% of cases, according to Dr. Michael E. Bigby of the dermatology department at Harvard Medical school, Boston, and consultant to the panel.
