BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Nootropic, Nutraceutical, Dextroamphetamine

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Table salt has a smart drug called iodine. Most cost effective health remedy ever done: need iodine in diet to have a healthy thyroid (early development). 10-50 iq points higher in people who have enough iodine in their diet. No ethical problem, other than the fact that third world countries don"t hav access to it. Does not imprve cognitive performance: stimulants (caffein and nicotine) keep you awake, but no known effects that confirm that they improve performance. Cognitive improvement drugs: usually prescribed (alheimerz, dementia, aphasia and schizophrenia); effects are too small to measure on people that aren"t impaired by the disease. Drugs that keep you awake: narcolepsy drugs. Drugs that help with task repetition ( focus": amphetamines (addy, dexedrine) Effects are emotional, not cognitive: ephedra is a cold medication that you can take in high doses to get the same effect, ritalin helps in adhd (better focus, causes release of dopamine.