Among doctors,
nootropics are known as neurometabolic stimulants (in the west - smart drugs).
They are used in many fields of medicine - psychology, neurology surgery and
others. Nootropic drugs that improve the nutrition and circulation of the brain
are classified as medicines that improve the activity of the higher mental
functions of the brain.
Great
Options For the Drugs
Nootropics are assigned
to a separate pharmacological group. The first open nootropic is Piracetam
(1963), which gave rise to a branch of "racets". He became the main
competitor for psychostimulants, but he had no side effects (addiction,
exhaustion, psychomotor agitation, intoxication), which they sinned. The new
synthesized drug improved memory, attention, helped to concentrate better. At
the dawn of its existence, a new medicine was used to treat brain dysfunction
in the elderly. In 1972, a new designation was proposed -
"nootropism". Now piracetam is known under the trade name Nootropil.
However, the mechanism of its action has not yet been studied thoroughly. With Nootriment
this is a very important work.
Smart
Options
The active substances
of nootropic drugs penetrate well through the myelin barrier of nerve fibers.
In the neuron, there is an increase in metabolism, bioenergetic and bioelectric
processes and neurotransmitter exchanges are accelerating. In the nerve cell,
the concentration of adenylyl cyclase, noradrenaline, increases; more actively
produced ATP (even in conditions of lack of oxygen), GABA and dopamine. The
work and release of the mediator serotonin is faster, glucose is more
efficiently utilized. Due to these processes, the body receives a stimulating
effect on cognitive functions, for which nootropics have been given the
additional name "stimulants of cognition". In addition to positive
changes in the nerve cell, neurostimulants improve microcirculation and blood
flow in the brain.
What
Are these Drugs
Nootropics are a
double-edged sword for the work of the brain. Their reception with observance
of all instructions will have a favorable effect. However, if you depart from
the prescriptions of doctors at least a step, this can lead to an increase in
the symptoms of the disease for which the drug is prescribed, or to have a
negative effect on cognitive functions.
The
Usage
It should be remembered that the
drug that stimulates brain activity should be used only after certain
conditions are met. The first thing to do is to consult a neurologist. After a
positive verdict is received from the doctor, you should prepare your body for
taking nootropics. This preparation consists in a kind of laying the foundation
on which the building of effective influence of the brain stimulant will be
erected. This foundation is the vitaminization of the body, in which the
necessary substances, when taking nootropics, will reach the brain at a
molecular level faster and more efficiently, which will allow the stimulator to
better assimilate. Vitaminization includes the following substances and natural
complexes:
The relation of the coryphaeus of
medicine to nootropics is fanned with doubts and uncertainties. Numerous
clinical trials of nootropics have been carried out so far, but this
pharmacological group has not been able to gain a foothold in the status of
drugs with proven efficacy. Observations of specialists made it possible to
draw a number of more or less firm conclusions with respect to the following
preparations.
