Comment · Tue, September 24, 2013 · Ceretropic
Cerebral Health Pyritinol Test Results (WARNING)
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 491 points
Many of you may remember the issue that came up with Cerebral Health/Bioscience Nutraceuticals a few months ago, where their choline bitartrate was numbing people's mouths. After sending those samples in to the lab, the tests came back negative for choline bitartrate. We suspected it was choline salacylate, but decided further testing to ascertain the exact compound would not be worth the cost. Unfortunately that was not the last issue to come from Cerebral Health.
A few weeks ago, another Redditor placed an order pyritinol from CH, along with some alpha GPC and oxiracetam. When the order arrived, both the alpha GPC and oxiracetam seemed alright. However, the pyritinol seemed off. Before thinking about it, he took his normal 400mg dose of pyritinol and went out for a mountain bike ride. Within 15-20 minutes he was getting a weird euphoria and detachment. After another couple minutes, his memory gets very fuzzy.
Eventually his sister found him in the garage in a manic/psychotic state. He was biting his lips very hard, shaking, and holding his fists tight. Eventually he went into seizures when the paramedics came. He was taken to the hospital and seized again while waiting for th…
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therein · 3 points
Terrible news. I hope the Redditor gets better soon.
It looks like Cerebral Health is going to be in big trouble no matter what. They actually sell these products for human consumption and the preliminary lab results came back negative for Pyritinol, and this situation resulted in hospitalization.
There is a huge case here. Smallest outcome will be CH going bankrupt, and the biggest one will be the owners getting arrested for gross negligence.
I personally would be happy to see them get in big legal trouble for this. As someone who placed an order with CH before, I would be interested in pursuing class action status. If it doesn't come to this, I would still be interested in financially supporting the plaintiff. Maybe we should start a fund for this.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Two other Redditors have come forward saying they had issues with other batches of CH pyritinol in the past year. It looks like it is not an isolated incident.