Side Effects of Nootropic Drugs - How Reduce the Harm

When you begin to explore the dark side of nootropics, the first thing pop up responses like: "I became aggressive on Piracetam," "I comedown from Phenibut!", "DMAA does not stimulate!" And other similar expressions. Today we will deal with these questions and you'll be fine!

We specialize in nootropics, of course, that we are not particularly beneficial to talk about the disadvantages of nootropics, however, as in almost any medication they are, but they are much less than the others.

In the beginning we formulate three postulates of nootropics in general:

• 1.Nootropics or neuro-metabolic stimulants - substances that in various ways to improve the higher brain functions such as memory, attention, thinking. They have a weak evidence base in mind the specifics of evaluating improvements. At the same time, on PubMed you can google a name of nootropic you are interested in and to find a lot of research, both in animals and in humans.
• 2.A very important point! The stronger the medicine - the greater the potential side effects! Compare how quickly the same Paracetamol knocks the temperature and how long Pyracetamum start and begins to improve cognitive function. Some do not notice any changes, because nootropics can be said of other drugs safer groups.

Try to find something terrible consequences even Cerebrolysin, one of the most powerful nootropics. To die from Phenylpiracetam also popular nootropic drug - it is necessary to eat 600 tablets for a person weighing 75 kg. The standard daily dosage - 2-3 tablets, 200 times less deadly. Most die from an overdose of water.

• 3.Do not chase the high dosage! Take a little bit, then increase, see how the body. Once I took 6 grams Piracetam at a time and really sick kidneys, before more than 3 grams at a time, I never drank, and everything was fine. The rule is: If the medication is unknown - take half or a third of the normal dosage and then increase.

What nootropics can be used which can not?
Who will be the super-secret tactic is to understand that it can be you!

This tactic involves reading the instructions, especially the items "Contraindications" and "Interaction" who correctly read these items almost never gets side effects!
To get even, and efficiency: it is necessary to understand the basics pharmocodinamics.

Nobody says that it is necessary to learn more and biology, but terms such as GABA, acetylcholine and dopamine should not frighten, if you're going to interfere with his work as the brain.

This is how to understand what the candles in the car and how often they should be changed, if you regularly drive your car. Note that for a less comfortable ride, do not necessarily know all the fuel system and where everything is.

Ok, we read the contraindications, and almost everywhere it is written about the liver and kidneys. Why is that?!

The vast number of nootropics - a tablet, a tablet usually pass through the liver where it is metabolized and excreted by the kidneys. And that means - these bodies are the first to suffer.

How to understand: normal Do you have any of these organs?

- For serious diseases - so you already know everything.

- In other cases, the ideal blood test in any clinic. For this major liver: Bilirubin (total, direct), ALT, AST.

- For kidney main: creatinine and urinalysis, it is not always required. Creatinine can be raised when taking supplements such as creatine!

You can see exactly the state of the liver and kidneys. After passing the tests to email the file comes with the results, there will be your score and right the normal range. Here's an example of my analysis, but hormones. The essence is the same.

Well, suppose you are, for whatever reason, can not pass the tests, then what to look for:
- How often do you drink alcohol or eat too fatty, spicy or salty write? The less - the authorities potentially better, there is a reserve for nootropics))
- Are overweight Have? Especially fat, while also applies to pitching. Here the logic is this: the greater the mass, the greater the volume of blood circulating through the body and the greater the need to have, and then once more to load the authorities do not always useful food. Another thing is that to have a trained body weight of 90 kg, is much more useful than the same 90 kg at the same growth with a large percentage of fat. The norm for this indicator is difficult to determine, is too thin to be too harmful for sure.
In any case, these two points, are less accurate than testing.

What to take for the prevention of liver and kidney
Average nutrition and sufficient physical activity are the background to the additives below! And yet, these additives is relevant for the prevention of or a small deviation from the norm, they are sold without a prescription and is quite safe. For serious violations, for example, the rate of AST to 35 units if you have 50 or more - consult your doctor.

Liver:
- To reduce the AST, ALT - Milk thistle extract, such as a drug Heptral, Silimar, Silymarin, Kars. Prices vary at times, efficiency plus - minus the same.
- To reduce the bilirubin: there are more complicated set of reasons, but usually used cholagogue drugs, if there is no gallstones.

Kidneys:

- To reduce creatinine: 2-3 liters of water a day, alpha lipoic acid, herbal teas.

Nootropics Groups:
Forgive us people with higher medical education, will share a common group of nootropics into 3 subgroups, to facilitate understanding of the possible side effects: nootropics with a challenging slope, with sedative and neutral.

• 1.Stimulating Nootropics
  Ladasten, Phenotropil, Sunifiram, modafinil and others ... These nootropics have different period, but work with dopamine, noradrenaline and glutamate. Some more, some less. When taken regularly, you may be nervous or trouble falling asleep, it's just solved - irregular appointment. Either try to make up for energy through food and sleep.
  If you dig in the forums where people are complaining that they have become some kind of nerve or sleepy from such nootropics, then surely they are sleeping and eating badly.
• 2.Sedatives Nootropics
  Here my favorite Phenibutum under which filmed the first issues on the channel, and Selank, which said recently, Memantine, Picamilon, Pantogam etc. On complaining sedatives in the context of the original "comedown" after the course. And then all as with challenging, just the opposite, if there is "Th-that I was aggressive," here "Th-that I like a vegetable and could not think properly"
  
  Sedatives work with GABA. If you frequently and strongly act on this system, you can actually be very quiet, and when the course is over, then there is imbalance in the neurotransmitters and irritability appears. This is not always and not at all, but rather when a person eats handfuls every day the same Phenibutum several weeks in a row.
  
  Sedatives need to sometimes give shaking as stimulants vacation. We tried a cold shower? Or go on the climbing wall or go-carting or most hit the street gangster with the question "Do you have piracetam, and if I can find?" In general, epinephrine, norepinephrine and glutamate.
• 3.Neutral nootropics.
  They complained less likely, they often work with acetylcholine acting on nerve cells. It is Racetam, Cerebrolysin, Cortexin, noopept, Huperzine, Idebenone, DMAE ... The first 2 groups nootropic drugs accepted a shorter period than the third - so it will be less side effects.

Bottom line:
- Always read the contraindications and drug interactions
- Gradually increase the dosage
- Keep track of the liver and kidneys, it is better to hand over analyzes that understand your body
- On stimulants longer eat and sleep on the sedatives do not go into hibernation.

Well, we are all less side effects! Good luck!