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by 70rd 1247 days ago
It's available as grey-market generics shipped from India (in the US). That said, it is Schedule IV.

It's fairly well tolerated and widely prescribed for narcolepsy, and used off label as a 'nootropic', or cognitive enhancer.

Ironically enough, the rate of adverse effects might actually be comparable to Advil, and modafinil has a noticeably lower median lethal dose.