Go and no-go pills
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In the U.S. military, go pills and no-go pills refer to medications meant, respectively, to increase wakefulness or to induce sleepiness in order to ensure adequate alertness or rest in preparation for upcoming tasks.
Go pill
[edit]A go pill refers to a wakefulness-promoting agent used for fatigue management, especially in a military combat-readiness context; this is contrasted with a no-go pill, which is used to promote sleep in support of combat operations. A go pill generally contains one of the following drugs:
- Amphetamine (methamphetamine having been used historically, such as during the Second World War), which is a strong psychostimulant drug; no longer approved officially for use by the U.S. Air Force,[1] possibly due to safety concerns brought up in the wake of incidents like the Tarnak Farm incident.[2]
- Modafinil, a wakefulness-promoting drug (or eugeroic)[3][4]
No-go pill
[edit]As of November 2012, sleeping agents approved as no-go pills by the U.S. Air Force for aircrew and AFSOC[5] forces include:
References
[edit]- ↑ Air Force Special Operations Command Instruction 48–101 Archived June 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (sects. 1.7.4), U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Bonne, Jon (Jan 13, 2006). "'Go pills': A war on drugs?". NBC News. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ↑ Tech. Sgt. J.C. Woodring (30 April 2004). "Air Force scientists battle aviator fatigue". www.af.mil. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ↑ Emonson DL, Vanderbeek RD (1995). "The use of amphetamines in U.S. Air Force tactical operations during Desert Shield and Storm". Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 66 (3): 260–3. PMID 7661838.
- ↑ Air Force Special Operations Command Instruction 48-101 Archived June 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, November 30, 2012.