Nootropic

Nootropics (/noʊ.əˈtrɒpɪks/ noh-ə-TROP-iks) (colloquial: smart drugs and cognitive enhancers) are drugs, supplements, and other substances that may improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions, memory, creativity, or motivation, in healthy individuals.[1] While many substances are purported to improve cognition, research is at a preliminary stage as of 2020, and the effects of the majority of these agents are not fully determined.

The use of cognition-enhancing drugs by healthy individuals in the absence of a medical indication spans numerous controversial issues, including the ethics and fairness of their use, concerns over adverse effects, and the diversion of prescription drugs for non-medical uses.[1][2] Nonetheless, the international sales of cognition-enhancing supplements has continued to grow over time, exceeding US$1 billion in 2015.[3]

In 2018 in the United States, some nootropic supplements were identified as having misleading ingredients and illegal marketing.[4][5] In 2019, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned manufacturers and consumers about possible advertising fraud and marketing scams concerning nootropic supplements.[6][7]

Etymology

The term "nootropic" is derived from the Ancient Greek words νόος (nóos) meaning "mind" and τροπή (tropḗ) meaning "a turning".[8][9][10]

Availability and prevalence

In 2008, the most commonly used class of drug was stimulants, such as caffeine.[11] Manufacturers' marketing claims for dietary supplements are usually not formally tested and verified by independent entities.[12]

In 2016, the American Medical Association adopted a policy to discourage prescriptions of nootropics for healthy people on the basis that the effects of prescription stimulants are variable among individuals, dose-dependent, and modest.[13]

Use by students

The use of prescription stimulants is especially prevalent among students.[14] Surveys suggest that 0.7–4.5% of German students have used cognitive enhancers in their lifetimes.[15][16][17] Stimulants such as dimethylamylamine and methylphenidate are used on college campuses and by younger groups.[18] Based upon studies of self-reported illicit stimulant use, 5–35% of college students use diverted ADHD stimulants, which are primarily used for enhancement of academic performance rather than as recreational drugs.[19][20][21] Several factors positively and negatively influence an individual's willingness to use a drug for the purpose of enhancing cognitive performance. Among them are personal characteristics, drug characteristics, and characteristics of the social context.[15][16][22][23]

Side effects

The main concern with pharmaceutical drugs is adverse effects, which also apply to nootropics with undefined effect. Long-term safety evidence is typically unavailable for nootropics.[18] Racetams — piracetam and other compounds that are structurally related to piracetam — have few serious adverse effects and low toxicity, but there is little evidence that they enhance cognition in people having no cognitive impairments.[24]

In the United States, dietary supplements may be marketed if the manufacturer can show that the supplement is generally recognized as safe, and if the manufacturer does not make any claims about using the supplement to treat or prevent any disease or condition; supplements that contain drugs or advertise health claims are illegal under US law.[25]

Drugs

Central nervous system stimulants
See also: Yerkes–Dodson law
Hebbian version of the Yerkes–Dodson law

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of clinical human research using low doses of certain central nervous system stimulants found that these drugs enhance cognition in healthy people.[26][27][28] In particular, the classes of stimulants that demonstrate cognition-enhancing effects in humans act as direct agonists or indirect agonists of dopamine receptor D1, adrenoceptor A2, or both types of receptor in the prefrontal cortex.[26][27][29][30] Relatively high doses of stimulants cause cognitive deficits.[29][30]

  • Amphetamine – systematic reviews and meta-analyses report that low-dose amphetamine improves cognitive functions (e.g., inhibitory control, episodic memory, working memory, and aspects of attention) in healthy people and in individuals with ADHD.[26][27][28][30] A 2014 systematic review noted that low doses of amphetamine also improve memory consolidation, in turn leading to improved recall of information in non-ADHD youth.[28] It also improves task saliency (motivation to perform a task) and performance on tedious tasks that required a high degree of effort.[27][29][30]
  • Methylphenidate – a benzylpiperidine that improves working memory, episodic memory, and inhibitory control, aspects of attention, and planning latency in healthy people.[26][27][28] It also may improve task saliency and performance on tedious tasks.[30] At above optimal doses, methylphenidate has off–target effects that decrease learning.[31]
  • Eugeroics (armodafinil and modafinil) – are classified as "wakefulness-promoting agents"; modafinil increases alertness, particularly in sleep-deprived individuals, and facilitates reasoning and problem solving in non-ADHD youth.[28] In a systematic review of small, preliminary studies where the effects of modafinil were examined, when simple psychometric assessments were considered, modafinil intake enhanced executive function.[32] Modafinil may not produce improvements in mood or motivation in sleep deprived or non-sleep deprived individuals.[33]
  • Caffeine – a meta-analysis found an increase in alertness and attentional performance.[34][29]
  • Nicotine – a meta-analysis of 41 clinical studies concluded that nicotine administration or smoking improves alerting and orienting attention and episodic and working memory and slightly improves fine motor performance.[35]

Racetams
Main article: Racetams

Racetams, such as piracetam, oxiracetam, phenylpiracetam, and aniracetam, are often marketed as cognitive enhancers and sold over-the-counter.[36] A recent study found that piracetam supplements sold in the United States were inaccurately labeled.[36] Racetams are often referred to as nootropics, but this property is not well established.[37] The racetams have poorly understood mechanisms, although piracetam and aniracetam are known to act as positive allosteric modulators of AMPA receptors and appear to modulate cholinergic systems.[38]

According to the US Food and Drug Administration,

"Piracetam is not a vitamin, mineral, amino acid, herb or other botanical, or dietary substance for use by humans to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake. Further, piracetam is not a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract or combination of any such dietary ingredient. [...] Accordingly, these products are drugs, under section 201(g)(1)(C) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 321(g)(1)(C), because they are not foods and they are intended to affect the structure or any function of the body. Moreover, these products are new drugs as defined by section 201(p) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 321(p), because they are not generally recognized as safe and effective for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in their labeling."[39]

Cholinergics

Some of the most widely-used nootropic substances in the world are the cholinergics. These are typically compounds and analogues of choline. Choline is an essential nutrient, it is needed for the synthesis of acetylcholine (the brain's primary executive neurotransmitter), and phosphatidylcholine (a structural component of brain cell membranes). Because of this duel function, raising choline levels in the brain is a key goal of nootropics users. Cholinergics are known to raise choline availability in the brain far more efficiently than choline itself, as the basic compound does not easily cross the blood-brain barrier.

  • Citicoline - Also known as CDP-Choline, this is a compound consisting of choline and cytidine. Citicoline is generally considered by nootropics users to be one of the most powerful cholinergics, as well as the most reliable, although this has not been confirmed by independent investigation. Clinical trials have found that Citicoline supplementation acutely improves focus, working memory, and learning in cases of mild cognitive impairment.[40] Other trials have shown that Citicoline consumption improves both episodic and composite memory in otherwise healthy adults.[41]
  • Choline bitartrate - Choline bitartrate is a tartaric acid salt containing choline; it is 41.1% choline by molecular weight. While this means it contains more choline by weight than other cholinergics, the evidence seems to indicate that this is a substandard cholinergic which produces only modest improvements in cognitive function. Furthermore, in some users choline bitartrate fails to produce any meaningful improvements in cognitive function whatsoever.[42]
  • Alpha-GPC - L-Alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine, or Alpha-GPC as it is more commonly known, is a widely-used ingredient in pre-made nootropic supplements. Of all the cholinergics, Alpha-GPC arguably has the most robust scientific backing; clinical trials have found that Alpha-GPC supplementation reliably improves a broad array of cognitive functions. One study found that Alpha-GPC was effective at improving cognitive performance in people with mild Alzheimer's disease.[43]

Miscellaneous
  • Tolcapone – a systematic review noted that it improved verbal episodic memory and episodic memory encoding.[44]
  • Levodopa – a systematic review noted that it improved verbal episodic memory and episodic memory encoding.[44]
  • Atomoxetine – may improve working memory and attention when used at certain doses.[30]
  • Desipramine – may improve working memory and attention when used at certain doses.[30]
  • Nicergoline may improve human cognitive performance, including concentration, psychomotor performance, attention, reaction times, and other indicators of brain function.[45]

The cognitive enhancing effects of pramipexole, guanfacine, clonidine, and fexofenadine have been tested, but no significant cognition-enhancing effects in healthy individuals were found.[44]

Psychedelic microdosing is the novel practice of using sub-threshold doses (microdoses) of psychedelic drugs in an attempt to improve mood and cognition.[46] The efficacy of this has not been verified.[47][48] In a study examining the qualitative reports of 278 microdosers the researchers found that there were mixed results among users.[49] While some users reported positive effects such as improved mood and cognition, others paradoxically reported negative effects such as physiological discomfort and anxiety.[49] In one of the only double-blind, randomized studies to date, those given microdoses of LSD did not perform better than those given the placebo on cognitive tasks.[50]

Herbs
  • Bacopa monnieri is used in Ayurvedic traditional medicine to improve memory.[51] Meta-analysis and reviews of clinical studies found evidence that the herb may improve cognition.[51][52][53] It is thought that Bacopa monnieri primarily works by stimulating neuron dendrite branching, thus facilitating inter-neural communication.[54] This view is contested, with others suggesting that Bacopa monnieri's nootropic effects are the result of its status as an antioxidant and adaptogen.[55]
  • Panax ginseng – A review by the Cochrane Collaboration concluded that "there is a lack of convincing evidence to show a cognitive enhancing effect of Panax ginseng in healthy participants and no high quality evidence about its efficacy in patients with dementia."[56] According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, "[a]lthough Asian ginseng has been widely studied for a variety of uses, research results to date do not conclusively support health claims associated with the herb."[57]
  • Ginkgo biloba – An extract of Ginkgo biloba leaf is marketed in dietary supplement form with claims it can enhance cognitive function in people without known cognitive problems, although there is no high-quality evidence to support such effects on memory or attention in healthy people.[58][59]
  • Salvia officinalis and lavandulaefolia (sage) – Some research has suggested certain extracts of Salvia officinalis may have positive effects on human brain function, but due to significant methodological problems, no firm conclusions can be drawn.[60][61] The thujone present in Salvia extracts may be neurotoxic.[61]
  • Centella asiatica – A 2017 meta-analysis with 11 studies (5 RCTs with placebo, 6 using other herbs as a comparison group) showing no significant improvement in all cognitive function, however may have some use in improving mood and anger. Overall dosages were smaller than the typical 3 grams used traditionally.[62]

History

The term "nootropic" was coined by Corneliu Giurgea in 1972[9][10] to describe a new classification of molecules that acted selectively towards the brain's higher-level integrative activity. In order for a product to qualify as a true nootropic, it must fullfill Giurgea's five criterias for the category. 1.It should aid with improvement in working memory and learning. 2.Supports brain function under hypoxic conditions or after electroconvulsive therapy. 3.Protection of the brain from physical or chemical toxicity. 4.Natural cognitive functions are enhanced. 5. It requires to be non-toxic to humans, without depression or stimulation of the brain. [63]

Nutrients and dietary supplements

A 2015 review found that use of omega-3 fatty acids, B vitamins, and vitamin E as nootropics was ineffective on cognitive function in normal middle-aged and older people.[64]

  • Omega-3 fatty acids: DHA and EPA – two Cochrane Collaboration reviews on the use of supplemental omega-3 fatty acids for ADHD and learning disorders conclude that there is limited evidence of treatment benefits for either disorder.[65][66] Two other systematic reviews found no cognition-enhancing effects in the general population.[64][67]
  • Folate – no cognition-enhancing effects in middle-aged and older adults without folate deficiency.[64]
  • Vitamin B6 – no cognition-enhancing effects in middle-aged and older adults without B6 deficiency.[64]
  • Vitamin B12 – no cognition-enhancing effects in middle-aged and older adults without B12 deficiency.[64]
  • Vitamin E – no cognition-enhancing effects in middle-aged and older adults without vitamin E deficiency.[64]
  • L-Theanine – A 2014 systematic review and meta-analysis found that concurrent caffeine and L-theanine use had synergistic psychoactive effects that promoted alertness, attention, and task switching. These effects were most pronounced during the first hour post-dose.[34] The European Food Safety Authority reported that there is insufficient information to determine if these effects exist when L-theanine is used without caffeine.[68]

Society and culture

Illegal marketing claims

Because nootropic supplements are falsely advertised as unapproved drugs that were not proven to be effective for improving cognition in normal people and in those with cognitive disorders,[4] the FDA and FTC warned manufacturers and consumers in 2019 about possible advertising fraud and marketing scams concerning nootropic supplement products.[6][7][69][70] The FDA and FTC stated that some nootropic products had not been approved as a drug effective for any medical purpose, were not proven to be safe, and were illegally marketed in the United States under violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.[6][7]

Over the years 2010 to 2019, the FDA warned numerous supplement manufacturers about the illegal status of their products as unapproved drugs with no proven safety or efficacy at the doses recommended, together with misleading marketing.[6][7][69][70][71][39]

See also

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