RE: Performance enhancement with donepezil

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 28 2003 - 07:03:24 MST


Alex Ramonsky wrote:
> Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>
>> [snip]
>> This said, I would not recommend sustained use of AChE inhibitors in
>> healthy persons, except on a temporary basis. Their safety has not
>> been tested in long-term studies on healthy volunteers. If there are
>> adventurous spirits willing to expose their brains to some (probably
>> small) risk for the sake of clearer thinking, I wish we could track
>> their progress over a few years.
>>
>> Rafal
>>
>>
>>
> ...you _pay_ for it, dude, I'll take 'em. : )
> And you can have as much progress-tracking as you like. Sounds like a
> fair deal to me? ...Get a commitee to fund it, I would.
> Ramonsky

### I am sure Eisai and Pfizer would be happy to give you all the pills you
could take in a controlled trial of cognitive enhancement but most likely
the FDA would fight tooth and nail to stop it.

Rafal



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