Ekscentra
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I doubt it was based on a real drug, I know that you're forbidden to portray drugs in a positive light in films so presumably that was why they had to show that the drug killed you. It would've been interesting if the drug had been purely positive but that's not allowed.
Everything is based on some sort of reference point in reality. In a sense, there's no such thing as a truly "original" idea. 4-MAR is the closest bet here, as far as I'm concerned. I'm sure it wasn't the only inspiration, but I'm willing to bet NZT-48 as a concept would not exist without 4-MAR. The effects resemble each other far too closely compared to any other substance I know of. I'm sure Piracetam and low-dose LSD would have been significant inspirations as well, but I'll have to stick to 4-MAR here, as far as the "main" inspiration goes. If you have any better guesses, I'd be interested in hearing them.
Here's the link where I had originally seen this mentioned. As I thought, this is nothing more than speculation, but interesting nonetheless: http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1026537&postcount=6