Advise the patient to read the FDA-approved patient labeling (Medication Guide).
Wakefulness: Armodafinil tablets are indicated for patients who have abnormal levels of sleepiness. Armodafinil tablets have been shown to improve, but not eliminate, this abnormal tendency to fall asleep. Therefore, patients should not alter their previous behavior with regard to potentially dangerous activities (e.g., driving, operating machinery) or other activities requiring appropriate levels of wakefulness, until and unless treatment with armodafinil tablets has been shown to produce levels of wakefulness that permit such activities. Advise patients that armodafinil tablets are not a replacement for sleep.
Continuing Previously Prescribed Treatments: Inform patients that it may be critical that they continue to take their previously prescribed treatments (e.g., patients with OSA receiving CPAP should continue to do so).
Discontinuing Drug Due to Adverse Reactions: Advise patients to stop taking armodafinil tablets and contact their physician right away if they experience rash, depression, anxiety, or signs of psychosis or mania.
Pregnancy: Advise patients to notify their physician if they become pregnant or intend to become pregnant during therapy. Caution patients regarding the potential increased risk of pregnancy when using steroidal contraceptives (including depot or implantable contraceptives) with armodafinil tablets and for 1 month after discontinuation of therapy.
Nursing: Advise patients to notify their physician if they are breastfeeding an infant.
Concomitant Medication: Advise patients to inform their physician if they are taking, or plan to take, any prescription or over-the-counter drugs, because of the potential for interactions between armodafinil tablets and other drugs.
Alcohol: Advise patients that the use of armodafinil tablets in combination with alcohol has not been studied. Advise patients that it is prudent to avoid alcohol while taking armodafinil tablets.
Allergic Reactions: Advise patients to stop taking armodafinil tablets and to notify their physician right away if they develop a rash, hives, mouth sores, blisters, peeling skin, trouble swallowing or breathing or a related allergic phenomenon.