Comment · Mon, February 10, 2014 · Ceretropic
truBrain safer than salt claim
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brainstorm11 · 14 points
I just saw a Reddit ad showing truBrain's claim that about testing independently. Stumbled upon this "safer than salt" claim, which I'm guessing is based on comparing individual ingredients? Has pramiracetam been studied for the LD50? Seems a bit... misleading to say the least?
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[deleted] · 3 points
even if the LD50 is less it doesn't make it safer. people are always using LD50 for determining how safe things are when they shouldn't. death isn't the only bad thing that chemicals can cause and the LD50 is irrelevant more so because no one is going to go near the LD50 of salt or truBrain ingredients. the claim is marketing, no one should listen to marketing claims.
also just because something is more potent(which can lower its LD50) doesn't mean it is less safe. it could even be safer giving the desired effects with less side-effects.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Not to mention there are interactions. It's not like the LD50s of all the ingredients just default the the lowest one. Sometimes the adverse effects from one ingredient exacerbates the damage of another.