[drone]

I take Nootropil, 3200mg daily to help combat hypoxia damage from a bad habit I picked up about 20 years ago (smoking =). I can't say there are any noticeable effects of doing so that I wouldn't call placebo effects.

I used to take a much larger, and more structured regimen, and found it very difficult to keep everything balanced, some things increased the consumption of ACH so much that I had to start taking choline supplements, but if I screwed up my timing/doses, I'd hit nasty lows from too much choline intake. I gave up on it, as the only noticeable difference I had from the regimen was a more difficult job of timing, having to have a lot of pills around, etc.

I stick with nootropil due to its well-established safety, and minimal impact on overall chemical balance.

[pallandt]

3.2g/day of piracetam is quite a large dose.

If you are diagnosed by a doctor with a hypoxia-related condition, I would presume you are self-treating with piracetam, because I don't think it would have a great positive impact, unless your condition would be quite severe.

I suggest looking into pentoxifylline (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentoxifylline) and then re-evaluating your situation with a doctor and whether it would be ok for you to try it. I think you'd see more results with it rather than racetams, maybe except for levetiracetam, which would also require a prescription.

Also, pentoxifylline should probably be almost as cheap as generic piracetam; levetiracetam, even generic, is not however.

Do not take any of these Rx meds on your own, without consulting with a professional.

I know people generally hate going to the doctor, but in some cases they do help :) Think about all the advantages taking only 1 pill for your condition could have, instead of a whole stack, not to mention the financial savings.

[drone]

I take piracetam for protection from hypoxia, vs. reversing a condition which causes hypoxia, as the condition is self-induced =) I've been tapering off as my habit draws back, but for nearly two decades I smoked on average 30 cigarettes per day. The CO load from smoking at that level was having effects on my memory which were noticeably reduced over time after that level of piracetam. For a period where my smoking was much reduced (nearly quit), I pulled back to 1600mg per day.

I'm not keen on other drugs, as piracetam has been the only one out of the lot I've taken that didn't have other serious side-effects which created problems for me. Pentoxifylline is contra-indicated with other parts of my health profile, you could say.. =)