Comment · Fri, November 29, 2013 · Ceretropic
Cerebral Health Pyritinol (New Test Results)
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 137 points
We have finally identified the substance that Cerebral Health was selling as pyritinol, which has sent one person to the hospital, and caused adverse reactions in half a dozen other people so far. The results are very surprising, as I never would have guessed it. It turns out the substance is diphenhydramine, also known as Benadryl. Diphenhydramine has anticholinergic and serotonergic effects, and has been known to cause seizures in higher doses. So essentially people were overdosing on a deliriant. You can read reports of people taking large doses of it online, and it does not seem like a very pleasurable experience.
So far Cerebral Health has not taken any steps to address the issue. I've gone back and forth with the owner Doug on Longecity for a while now, and the exchange has pretty much been a PR disaster for him. Not only has he been rude and dismissive, but he has threatened myself and the lab manager of the first lab we used to do the testing with litigation. On top of that, he insulted the lab managers education, and generally has been a total asshole throughout this whole incident. It's definitely not the…
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Turborooz · 2 points
Hi MisterYouAreSoDumb,
Just wanted to thank you for letting people know about CH.
I had a horrible reaction to some pyritinol i bought from CH about a year ago. tremors, irregular heartbeat, inability to speak or walk right,falling in and out of consciousness, loss of vision, etc. Thankfully most symptoms went away after a few hours. I always thought i was just hypersensitive to it, but now it seems like it was definitely diphenhydramine overdose. Now that I know what it was i can talk to my doctor about it and hopefully can get closure on what kind of permanent damage may have been done. I have still been using the piracetam, aniracetam, and chp choline ive bought from them , but now they're definitely getting dumped.
Anyway, your post may have saved my life. Thanks alot!
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
It's my pleasure. It's unfortunate that we have to be worried about things like this. Hopefully your reaction was just acute, and did not have any lasting effects.