Experience With Ordinator
April 15, 2008 10:57 PM Subscribe
Does anyone else have experience with a drug called "Ordinator"?
Back in the late 1980's I became interested in the so-called "Smart drugs". I had read a book that included an address to a mail-order outfit in the UK called "Interlab". I ordered a number of these products, and none of them did anything for me except a drug called "Ordinator". The generic name for this drug is Fenozolone.
I felt that it did indeed enhance my concentration and thinking ability, but over time I've become more skeptical, and I have to wonder if I was simply adding wishful thinking to a mild euphoria.
Frankly back then I was something of an Ordinator proselyte, and would offer it to friends of mine. Curiously, other people had a very hit-or-miss reaction, unlike me.
Eventually I got a letter from Interlab saying that Ordinator was no longer available, but that they were substituting something that was equally as good. The new stuff did nothing for me, and I eventually lost interest in the whole genre.
Being that this all took place before the World Wide Web as we know it, I had no way of asking a wider audience if anyone had a similar experience.
So, did anyone else use this drug?
Back in the late 1980's I became interested in the so-called "Smart drugs". I had read a book that included an address to a mail-order outfit in the UK called "Interlab". I ordered a number of these products, and none of them did anything for me except a drug called "Ordinator". The generic name for this drug is Fenozolone.
I felt that it did indeed enhance my concentration and thinking ability, but over time I've become more skeptical, and I have to wonder if I was simply adding wishful thinking to a mild euphoria.
Frankly back then I was something of an Ordinator proselyte, and would offer it to friends of mine. Curiously, other people had a very hit-or-miss reaction, unlike me.
Eventually I got a letter from Interlab saying that Ordinator was no longer available, but that they were substituting something that was equally as good. The new stuff did nothing for me, and I eventually lost interest in the whole genre.
Being that this all took place before the World Wide Web as we know it, I had no way of asking a wider audience if anyone had a similar experience.
So, did anyone else use this drug?
If it's related to pemoline, as the WP article says it is, and as the chemical structure seems to bear out, it's an amphetamine-like compound. These compounds do improve performance on a wide variety of cognitive tasks, but used long-term they cause all kinds of problems.
posted by ikkyu2 at 9:51 AM on April 16, 2008
posted by ikkyu2 at 9:51 AM on April 16, 2008
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Fenozolone is a central stimulant and indirect-acting sympathomimetic that has been used in the treatment of symptoms of mental function impairment.
Fenozolone may be restricted in certain sports, as it is considered to be a member of a prohibited group (S6-1c; SS-1; Stimulants); competitors should check with the appropriate sports authorities.
MHS further notes that this drug is discontinued or no longer actively marketed
Sounds like a fun one.
posted by rotifer at 2:51 AM on April 16, 2008