The diffusion of Performance and Image-Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs) on the Internet: The Abuse of the Cognitive Enhancer Piracetam
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The diffusion of performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) on the internet: the abuse of the cognitive enhancer piracetam.
INTRODUCTION Performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs), also known as "lifestyle drugs," are increasingly sold on the Internet to enhance cognitive as well as sexual, muscular, attentive, and other natural capacities. Our analysis focuses on the misuse of the cognitive enhancer piracetam. METHODS A literature review was carried out in PsychInfo and Pubmed database. Considering the absence...
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عنوان ژورنال: Substance Use & Misuse
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1082-6084,1532-2491
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2014.912232