Presence of Piracetam in Cognitive Enhancement Dietary Supplements

Pieter A Cohen; Igor Zakharevich; Roy Gerona

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5507

Presence of Piracetam in Cognitive Enhancement Dietary Supplements

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Mar 1;180(3):458-459. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5507.

Authors

Pieter A Cohen^{1

2}, Igor Zakharevich^{3

4}, Roy Gerona³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Somerville, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Clinical Toxicology and Environmental Biomonitoring Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁴ Now at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado.

Abstract

This study analyzes 5 brands of dietary supplements to determine the prevalence of the nootropic drug piracetam in supplements advertised as cognitive enhancers.

MeSH terms

Dietary Supplements / analysis*
Nootropic Agents / chemistry*
Piracetam / analysis*

Substances

Nootropic Agents
Piracetam