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* The doctors in the ''[[Medstar Duology]]'', a bit of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] which serves as medical drama, do all kinds of things to keep themselves going when they get endless waves of patients. A device is mentioned that stimulates certain kinds of brainwaves, allowing the equivalent of eight hours of sleep in ten minutes, but it's not actually as good as real sleep, and they start making mistakes anyway. When there aren't any patients, they tend to get drunk.
* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' [[Blood Angels]] novel ''Deus Sanguinius'', after Rafen [[Combat by Champion|won the duel]] with {{spoiler|Arkio}}, Mephiston offers him a shot that will give him the strength of lords, because of the severity of his wounds.
* In ''Red Fury'', also by [[James Swallow]], Rafen knows of such drugs, though the Blood Angels prefer not to use
* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' novel ''Faith & Fire'', Verity revives Miriya with an injection.
* In [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Shards of Honor]]'', Aral takes a "little blue pill'' from his first aid kit to keep him on his feet while recapturing his ship from the mutineers who had tried to kill him, and seized control of it.
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* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "The Immunity Syndrome". While opposing a monster that drains life force, the crew starts to collapse and is given stimulants to keep them on their feet. At one point Kirk asks McCoy for another shot and Bones warns him that if he keeps on taking it it will blow him apart.
** Subverted in the classic ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "Amok Time". Kirk becomes exhausted while duelling the deranged Spock, and McCoy calls a time-out to inject him with something that will give him a fighting chance. A [[Techno Babble]] explanation is
** Captain Janeway orders the Doctor to dose her up under similar circumstances in the two-parter "Year of Hell." He agrees, but not before threatening to remove her from command if she doesn't schedule herself a rest interval.
* [[Firefly|Malcolm Reynolds]] injects adrenalin directly into his heart to keep himself going long enough to repair the ship in "Out Of Gas".
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