Smart Drugs

Smart drugs, also called nootropics or cognitive expanders, are one of the latest crazes to hit the medical and professional world. Smart drugs are prescription medications, herbs, nutrients, and nutrients that increase mental awareness, sharpening cognitive skills for anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Most prescription drugs, like the ones listed here, were originally used to treat age-related mental decline or attention deficit disorders. Many of the herbs and vitamins have been used to improve memory and awareness for years. Some, such as gingko balboa and ginseng, have been used for centuries. The Do It Now Foundation's pamphlet, Smart Drugs, Vitamins & Nutrients: Food for Thought has a lot of great information about these new wonder drugs.

To understand how smart drugs work, it is important to understand how the brain works. The brain is made up of several different sections, each controlling different things. These areas work together to allow a person to function. The different areas of the brain communicate through electrochemical impulses. How Your Brain Works goes into greater detail about this process. Smart drugs take the natural brain process, and speed them up. This is done by cleansing the brain of lipofuscion, a fat that blocks neurotransmitters, slowing down mental processes. Smart drugs also neutralize or get rid of free radicals that slow thinking. These and other ways that nootropics enhance brain activity can be found in the article Is This Your Brain on Smart Drugs?.

Smart drugs are used to improve memory, performance, and concentration. Many also provide a feeling of wakefulness, allowing users to work well into the night. This makes them very popular among high school and college students. They are quickly gaining popularity among business people and others who have demanding live and not enough time to get things done. There are a lot of concerns with this practice. Some of these concerns are addressed in Smart Pills: The Truth About Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs and Times Online's How Smart are Smart Drugs. Another concern is that as these performance enhancers become more acceptable, employers will begin to pressure employees to take them. Going to Work on Smart Drugs discusses this potential problem. Johann Hari, a columnist in London, experimented with smart drugs and wrote about his experience with the drugs. Wired.com asked their readers about how they used smart drugs, and wrote about their findings here.

The use of prescription medications for mental enhancement is not legal. Some think it should be, for reasons explained in Wired.net's article Brain-Enhancing Drugs: Legalize 'Em, Scientists Say. There are many other ways to enhance mental capabilities that do not require the use of medications. There are many "brain foods" that safely improve memory and alertness, such as the ones listed onWebMD's Eat to Boost Mental Awareness. Other helpful vitamins and minerals are listed on Pioneer's Thinking- Increasing your Brain Power article. Using these foods and vitamins to increase mental awareness is a safer alternative to prescription smart drugs.

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