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Bromantane, sold under the brand name Ladasten, is an atypical central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and anxiolytic drug of the adamantane family that is related to amantadine and memantine. Medically, it is approved in Russia for the treatment of neurasthenia .
Bromantane is a stimulant drug with anxiolytic properties developed in Russia during the late 1980s. Bromantane acts mainly by facilitating the biosynthesis of dopamine, through indirect genomic upregulation of relevant enzymes ( tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AAAD)).
Actoprotector. Actoprotectors or synthetic adaptogens are compounds that enhance an organism's resilience to physical stress without increasing heat output. [1] Actoprotectors are distinct from other performance-enhancing substances in that they increase physical and psychological resilience via non-exhaustive action. [1]
An assortment of several designer drugs. Designer drugs are structural or functional analogues of controlled substances that are designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the parent drug while avoiding detection or classification as illegal.
Osavampator. Osavampator (developmental code names TAK-653 and NBI-1065845) is an experimental drug being investigated as a treatment for treatment-resistant depression. [1] It is being developed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). [1][2]
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Amantadine is used to treat Parkinson's disease -related dyskinesia and drug-induced parkinsonism syndromes. [19] Amantadine may be used alone or in combination with another anti-Parkinson's or anticholinergic drug. [20] The specific symptoms targeted by amantadine therapy are dyskinesia and rigidity. [19]
Like bromantane, amantadine can upregulate tyrosine hydroxylase, but it is unclear whether this is involved in or responsible for its dopaminergic actions. [ 12 ] Others such as hyperforin and adhyperforin (both found in Hypericum perforatum St. John's Wort), L-theanine (found in Camellia sinensis , the tea plant), and S -adenosyl-L-methionine ...