Newsletter
Some of the subjects covered in the past issues of the
Newsletter:
Acomplia
Acomplia (with Rimonabant) is a weight loss aid that has recently been approved in
the U.K., making it the first selective CB1 receptor blocker to be approved in the world. It is designed for
treatment of obese and overweight patients, especially those with other risk factors, such as dyslipidaemia or type
2 diabetes. Acomplia is known under the brand name Zimulti in U.S...
Can-C
Can-C is a non-invasive, anti-oxidant eye drop - the only cataract eye drop proven
in clinical trials to be effective in the treatment of cataracts and safe for long-term use. Approved and patented
by Innovative Vision Products, who developed the technology behind this breakthrough in cataract treatment, Can-C
contains N-acetylcarnosine a natural and powerful anti-oxidant...
Deprenyl Jumex
Discovered in 1961 by Hungarian Professor Dr Joseph Knoll in his Budapest
laboratory, Deprenyl is the only potent, selective, irreversible MAO-B inhibitor approved for medical use. MAO-B
causes the breakdown of dopamine (a monoamine) into chemical compounds which are then excreted by the body.
Jumex works by helping to prevent (or inhibit) this breakdown of dopamine by MAO-B. Dopamine is essential to the
normal functioning of the central nervous system. It also plays a significant role in the cardiovascular, renal and
hormonal systems of the body...
Desmopressin
Desmopressin is a man-made form of vasopressin, a hormone that occurs naturally in
the brain of most mammals including humans. The primary function of vasopressin is to regulate the body’s retention
of water which also affects the amount of salt in your body...
Olmifon
Olmifon is brand name for Adrafinil - a gentle stimulant and an anti-depressant,
used to boost vigilance and alertness. It has the ability to stimulate only when stimulation is required and has
far fewer of the anxiety, agitation and insomnia inducing side effects of the more well known
stimulants...
Piracetam
Piracetam was developed in the 1960s by a Belgian team led by Dr Corneliu
Giurgea. It was Dr Corneliu who coined the word ‘nootropic’ – taken from the Greek word meaning ‘acting on or
towards the mind’. Piracetam itself has been described as a drug that “wakes up your brain”...

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