Comment · Fri, September 27, 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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EngIT · 5 points
This is terrible news but good to have this out in the open. I will certainly be avoiding this supplier.
One thing that concerns me however is this kind of news reaching certain ears outside of the community could just provide fuel to people looking to regulate/ban things like nootropics. It definitely doesn't add confidence to the idea that we know what we are getting when we order white powders from the internet and it's even worse that this is from a company in the western world rather than directly from China or similar.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Yes, that was exactly my fear as well. A public lawsuit will bring a lot of unwanted attention from the FDA. It could even have very real and lasting effects on our community. Unfortunately, this Redditor is going to have large hospital bills. If it weren't for that, I would be much more hesitant about legal action.