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by neuro_imager 2967 days ago
Where did you find out about Emoxypine? Do you have any reliable references about this?
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I have asked a friend of mine to bring some from Russia - it is available over the counter there under the brand names of "mexidol" and "mexiprim". Amazon.com search for emoxypine also yields a number of offers. AFAIK it is produced in Germany and is also available there under some brand name I don't know. No world-class credible research seems available but Russian and Chinese research says it is safe and helps brain to fight suffocation and oxidative stress. What the Wikipedia article says and my own experience is all I know about it. A friend of mine has told me he has taken too much of it (4 pills at a time) once and it made him very drowsy. I have never experienced any undesirable effects myself (because I've never tried taking more than 2 pills at a time probably).

I take emoxypine when I start feeling mild yet chronic feeling of suffocation during summer heat peak weeks. Walking in the woods helps even better but I don't have time to just walk there all day long. This happens to me every summer since my very childhood. I am not really sure if it actually works or if it's just a placebo effect (unlike to piracetam - I am absolutely sure piracetam effect is real).