Pharmacology Gabaminergic nootropics

[red22]

I'd always been curious about the classical "downers" and now that I have carisoprodol, butalbital, and what was probably an IV barbiturate before a surgery under my belt, I'm even more intrigued by them. They haven't been phased out for no reason though. They can be very problematic. … And yet their effects are so smooth …

Now that we're in the era of AI and are anticipating revolutions across fields, including drug discovery, it makes me wonder if the laws of chemistry would allow for the creation of nootropic variants of these comforting chemicals—or even chemicals that just felt similar, but which were constrained to … tepid activity.

 

[theslackernews]

If it becomes that easy I think the whole world will get blanket bans like the UK has sadly