Comment · Fri, June 21, 2013 · Ceretropic
Absorb Health Adrafinil from Amazon
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slomophobe · 17 points
Has anyone tried "Absorb Health" brand Adrafinil from Amazon? It looks promising for the price and I know Absorb Health is a reputable vendor on eBay, but I am highly skeptical of the reviews posted and the fact that I have heard rumors of individuals receiving completely bunk Adrafinil in the past (not specifically from Absorb Health, but in general).
If anyone has tried this particular brand or has any other insight (such as where to find a legitimate source for Adrafinil since it seems to have mostly dried up from eBay and Amazon), please let me know.
Edit: It seems like the consensus is that this product is likely bunk/illegitimate, so if anyone else is considering a purchase, please take all of what's been posted in this thread into consideration.
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slomophobe · 1 points
That is unfortunate to hear since the colleague I mentioned claimed that he had used their batch of Adrafinil in the past with good results, but based on the posts on Longecity, it seems you might be right. All of the posts on Longecity indicate that the buyer purchased the product from when Nootrabiolabs still had an eBay store, so perhaps (hopefully) they have acquired a new source for it since then.
If it does end up being bunk, I will just have to take it as a loss and be more careful and do more research next time. That being said, I feel a bit foolish for not having more foresight when usually I would extensively investigate a company/vendor before blindly making a purchase since scams and fake product seem to be relatively prevalent in the Nootropic/"gray market" marketplace.
C'est la vie.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
I have had some good product from them before, so perhaps you will get lucky. This whole thing with having unreliable suppliers and varying product purity is one of the reasons I am becoming a vendor. I've already started an /r/Nootropics testing program, and am actually sending in 3 different samples to the lab today. So as we do more testing, we'll get an idea of which vendors are reliable and which ones are not. That is why adrafinil is going to be one of our first products, because it's so hard to find a reliable source right now.