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Benefits and Harms of 'Smart Drugs' (Nootropics) in Healthy Individuals
(2022-04-02)
‘Smart drugs’ (also known as ‘nootropics’ and ‘cognitive enhancers’ [CEs]) are being used by healthy subjects (i.e. students and workers) typically to improve memory, attention, learning, executive functions and vigilance, ...
Assessing prevalence, knowledge and use of cognitive enhancers among university students in the United Arab Emirates: A quantitative study
(2022-01-26)
BACKGROUND: Cognitive enhancers (CE) are often used to improve memory, alertness and cognitive capacity. These products are commercially and pharmaceutically available. Due to high academic pressure, university students ...
The Use and Impact of Cognitive Enhancers among University Students: A Systematic Review
(2021-03-10)
Abstract: Introduction: Cognitive enhancers (CEs), also known as ‘smart drugs,’ ‘study aids’ or ‘nootropics’ are a cause of concern. Recent research studies investigated the use of CEs being taken as study aids by university ...
Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) – knowledge and experiences of drug users from Hungary, Poland, the UK and the USA
(2020-02-18)
Dopamine D 3 receptor partial agonists represent a new generation of atypical antipsychotics. Cariprazine, which has received centralized market authorization from the European Medicines Agency in 2017 for the treatment ...
Promoting innovation and excellence to face the rapid diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in the EU : the outcomes of the ReDNet project
(2013-07-25)
Objectives: The recent emergence of new psychoactive compounds (NPS) has raised prominent challenges in the fields of drug policy, substance use research, public health and service provision. The Recreational Drugs European ...
Nowe substancje psychoaktywne : potrzeby informacyjne młodzieży I profesjonalistów
(2013-06)
(translated from Polish) The study conducted in the frame of the RedNet project among health professionals dealing with drug users (N=124) and youth population (N=716) was aimed at assessment of the level of knowledge about ...
Phenomenon of new drugs on the Internet : the case of ketamine derivative methoxetamine
(2012)
On the basis of the material available both in the scientific literature and on the web, this paper aims to provide a pharmacological, chemical and behavioural overview of the novel compound methoxetamine. This is a ...
Emergence and identification of new products of designer drug products from the internet
(2011)
Designer drugs represent a rapidly expanding phenomenon particularly facilitated by their Internet availability. These drugs are continuously emerging as analogues of controlled substances (amfetamine, aminoindane, cathinone, ...
Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone; 'meow meow') : chemical, pharmacological and clinical issues
(2011)
Recently, those substances deriving from the active ingredient of the Khat plant, cathinone, have been rising in popularity. Indeed, 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone; 'meow meow' and others) has been seen by some as a ...