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"FDA bans Piracetam" - email from vendor

Mr. White

Mr. White

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I just received the following email from my piracetam vendor (i've blanked out who the vendor is):

The FDA has recently informed retailers and distributors that Piracetam is being marked as a drug. That it is not legal to sell as a dietary supplement. [the vendor] was informed of this on Monday August 30th, 2010. We have been given 15 days to respond to this letter from the FDA. During that time we will be running a sale to blow through our inventory. All piracetam products are now having additional 20% off until we run out! Discounts are taken at check out.
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Thoughts?
 
I call BS. Google shows nothing of the sort and there are legal drugs drawing far more attention and which are a lot more likely to become controlled in the near future. (Salvia for example)
 
If they really did ban nootropics that would be an interesting turn of events. Especially if we had an amazing nootropic with powerful (and obvious) effects. I wonder how the public would react to that. Then again, I'm sure the FDA/DEA would just claim that they were toxic in some way and spread propaganda.
 
Piracetam is such a safe compound, zero abuse potential, toxicity, etc, and it's been around for decades. There's no reason why the FDA would start fussing about it now. BS for sure.
 
I heard the same from another vendor, but not that they have actually decided to ban it, but rather to "talk about piracetam with him" in a bit more harshly worded way than when they've been on his tail about racetams before
 
A copy of one such letter to a nootropics vendor has been posted. It seems the FDA is treating it as an improperly distributed drug (not a scheduled drug mind you) due to claims regarding it's effects on the human nervous system, it's sale for human consumption and it's failure to meet any of the statutory elements of what defines a "nutritional supplement." I understand why they're raising questions about this as it's being blatantly sold for human consumption with claims of enhancing cognitive capabilities.

The letter I saw also addressed a couple of the vendor's synthetic chemicals related to bodybuilding. I wouldn't be surprised if the FDA is finally focusing a bit more on both the synthetic bodybuilding chemical market as well as the market for synthetic cognitive enhancers; even though there's apparently no toxicity and even nuero-protective action from piracetam.

If the FDA pushes this, I believe you'll just end up seeing piracetam distributed as a bulk research chemical rather than in capsules and such. That wouldn't be too bad actually, up to a tsp. goes down easily in a half glass of OJ.
 
Is there a way you could post a copy of this letter (or at least the non identifying parts)? I've read a similar claim made by a vendor who was selling 1,4 butanediol, which I am guessing still has ties to the bodybuilding scene the way ghb did. Anyhow, I'd like to see the whole text of the letter if possible. We can't link to any vendor sites, but if the letter is something you can copy and paste over to this thread, I'd appreciate being able to read the letter.
 
i was a bit suspicious of this when google showed nothing, thought i'd share it here just in case others had received a similar email from other vendors. none of this will affect me for a while, got a kilo sitting on my shelf =D

It would be interesting if the FDA actually moved on something like piracetam, given the multitude of recreational RCs out there.
 
I find this questionable, seeing as it's always the same source that cries wolf. Regardless, it'd be a shame to see it go and I wouldn't put it past the FDA. I wonder if any of the smaller companies like boostyourgrade.com have gotten letters. I've been going to that guy for a year for my noops.
 
Percussion_is_Free said:
Piracetam is such a safe compound, zero abuse potential, toxicity, etc, and it's been around for decades.
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Piracetam is quite safe, but it is not harmless.

There are reports in the medical literature of myoclonic seizures upon cessation of long-term piracetam use. There is also some (unproven but logically sound) speculation that it can induce permanent changes in the permeability of the blood-brain barrier.

I think piracetam should be regulated only to the extent that the packaging should state "do not exceed 1g per day".

That "attack dose" notion is garbage and doesn't make sense pharmacologically: supplement companies just say that to trick people into using more piracetam.

It has a solid safety record between 800-1600mg, but we don't know very much about the effects at higher doses-- its probably harmless, but why the hell push it? The nootropic effect actually diminishes if you take too much, anyways.

I'm not trying to slam piracetam, it's less harmful to ingest than most compounds; but it has gained a reputation on the internet for being supernaturally benign, which simply is not the case. Like any drug, ingesting piracetam may harm you-- everyone please be cognizant of the small but real risk involved with ingesting this substance.
 
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