List of Russian drugs

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This page is a list of Russian drugs, or drugs that were developed in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and/or post-Soviet countries.

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Many Russian drugs are indicated for enhancing physical, mental, and/or cognitive performance, including drugs described as nootropics or cognitive enhancers, drugs combatting fatigue, so-called adaptogens or actoprotectors, and others. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

There have been concerns about Russian drugs in the Western world owing to lower standards of medical evidence in Russia compared to the West, for instance in the case of Russian COVID vaccines like Sputnik V. [7] [8]

Some Russian drugs have been attempted to be repurposed and developed by pharmaceutical companies for use in the West, such as phenylpiracetam (fonturacetam), (R)-phenylpiracetam (MRZ-9547), [9] Noopept (omberacetam), [10] and armesocarb (the active enantiomer of mesocarb). [11]

List of Russian drugs

Phenamine (Fenamin), a psychostimulant, is not specifically a Russian drug but is rather the Russian name for amphetamine. [30]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally Japanese development, an object of Russian interest at least since the early 1970s

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aniracetam</span> Medication

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Picamilon</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pheniprazine</span> Chemical compound

Pheniprazine, formerly sold under the brand names Catron and Cavodil, is an irreversible and non-selective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine group that was used as an antidepressant to treat depression in the 1960s. It was also used in the treatment of angina pectoris and schizophrenia. Pheniprazine has been largely discontinued due to toxicity concerns such as jaundice, amblyopia, and optic neuritis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bromantane</span> Stimulant drug

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. Although the effects of bromantane have been determined to be dependent on the dopaminergic and possibly serotonergic neurotransmitter systems, its exact mechanism of action is unknown, and is distinct in its properties relative to typical stimulants such as amphetamine. Bromantane has sometimes been described as an actoprotector.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor</span> Drug that inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine and dopamine

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">G-130</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adapromine</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">GABA analogue</span> Class of drugs

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glufimet</span> Chemical compound

Glufimet, also known as dimethyl 3-phenylglutamate hydrochloride, is a derivative of glutamic acid (glutamate) which was developed in Russia and is related to the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) derivative phenibut (3-phenyl-GABA). It contains phenibut and glycine fragments in its chemical structure, has been described, as a "GABA precursor", and is said to modulate the GABA and nitric oxide (NO) systems and to have antioxidant activity. It has been suggested that metabotropic glutamate receptors may also play a role in the mechanism of action of glufimet. Stress-protective effects have been described for glufimet in animals.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">RGPU-95</span> Racetam sold online as a nootropic

RGPU-95, also known as p-chlorophenylpiracetam, is a racetam and a derivative of phenylpiracetam. It was developed by Russian researchers as a potential antidepressant and anxiolytic agent and was first described in the scientific literature by 2010. The drug is described as 5 to 10 times more potent in its activity than phenylpiracetam in animals. It has been identified as a novel psychoactive drug and nootropic sold on the Internet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Phenatine</span> Amphetamine psychostimulant

Phenatine, or phenatin, also known as N-nicotinoylamphetamine and sold under the brand name Fenatine, is a psychostimulant of the amphetamine family which was developed and used in the Soviet Union. It was used in the treatment of depression, narcolepsy, post-encephalitis sequelae, alcoholic psychoses, asthenia, and other conditions.

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