Code 3 is prescription modafinil energy for first responders — a compounded blend of modafinil, caffeine, and 200 mg L-theanine for the shifts that don't quit.
Choose your plan
Grab the single-serve Rx energy drink, or a daily modafinil tablet if you just want the wakefulness. Prices are illustrative — your final plan is confirmed after a licensed provider reviews your profile.
A portion of every Code 3 order supports Pulse scholarships for first responders and veterans. You cover the shift — we help cover their next step.
Why Code 3 is different
Caffeine is fast-acting but short-lived. Code 3 pairs a measured caffeine dose with prescription modafinil, a wakefulness-promoting medication, and 200 mg of L-theanine.
What's inside
Code 3 combines a measured caffeine dose, prescription modafinil, and 200 mg of L-theanine.
A measured dose of caffeine, the familiar fast-acting stimulant found in coffee and tea.
Modafinil is a prescription wakefulness-promoting medication, dispensed only after a consultation with a licensed provider.
L-theanine is an amino acid found in tea leaves, commonly paired with caffeine. Code 3 includes 200 mg per serving.
What it does
Built for long calls and back-to-back runs.
Caffeine, modafinil, and 200 mg L-theanine in a single-serve can.
Formulated with 200 mg of L-theanine, commonly paired with caffeine.
Made for the demands of emergency and overnight work.
Prescribed online · shipped to your door
Pick the strength and cadence that fit your rotation.
A quick online medical profile — done in minutes from the station or your phone.
A licensed provider reviews your profile, usually within 24 hours.
If approved, your Code 3 ships within 24 hours, straight to your door.
Start your online profile today. A licensed provider reviews everything before anything is prescribed.
Get Code 3Answers
Code 3 is a product from Pulse — an online telemedicine platform that connects first responders with licensed medical providers to obtain prescriptions for compounded liquid medications. Code 3 contains active ingredients designed to help with excessive daytime sleepiness associated with Shift Work Sleep Disorder.
The Rx Energy Drink combines modafinil with caffeine and 200 mg L-theanine in a single-serve can. The Rx Tablets are straightforward once-daily prescription modafinil (100 mg or 200 mg) for those who just want the sustained wakefulness without the extras. Both are prescribed online only after a licensed provider reviews your profile.
Code 3 is compounded. The FDA does not approve or evaluate the safety or effectiveness of compounded medications. Code 3 contains the active ingredient modafinil.
Code 3 is built for first responders and shift workers — firefighters, EMS and paramedics, police, dispatchers, and ER staff — aged 21 to 79 and living in the United States, who are seeking support for excessive daytime sleepiness associated with Shift Work Sleep Disorder.
Code 3 is built around the demands of emergency work: long rotations, overnight calls, and no room to fade. Pulse believes quality care and prescription medication should be convenient and affordable, so the entire process happens online — no in-person visit, no waiting rooms. If approved, your medication ships straight to your door.
Once your medical profile is complete, a licensed provider typically reviews it within 24 hours. If approved, your Code 3 order usually ships within 24 hours.
Code 3 includes compounded products that have not been approved by the FDA. Compounded products may be prescribed under federal law, but are not the same as, nor are they generic versions of, any FDA-approved medication. The FDA does not verify the safety, effectiveness, or manufacturing quality of compounded products.
A prescription will only be written if deemed appropriate after the digital consultation by a licensed medical provider. Code 3 is not a substitute for adequate rest and is not intended to enable unsafe hours of duty. Individual results may vary. This page is for general information and is not medical advice.