What is Vinpocetine?
It's a very powerful drug, also called ethyl apovincaminate, its lab-made derivative of
vincamine which is isolated from plant vinca, so you can say half natural and half synthetic
so let's go through this plant vinca from which vincamine is isolated, it is sold as its brand
What is this vinca plant?
It's very common flowering plant, called by popular name periwinkle, and this vincamine is
extracted from seeds and leaves of this plant, and further in the lab this vincamine is converted
to this drugvinpocetine
lets see
Where this vinpocetine is used?
People use this for a variety of purposes such as
-improving memory
-improving thinking power
-boosting energy
-weight loss
but unfortunately, there is not much clear scientific evidence to support its uses, in fact, its a very controversial drug but in spite of all this it's used in supplements meant for nootropics, that
the real surprise, the medical community is highly divided whether it has any great usefulness
apart from its nootropics application, this drug is also promoted for the following health
-age-related eye problem, AMD
-age-related hearing loss
-taking vinpocetine along with ginkgo improves memory
-reduces brain damage due to acute stroke
-for tinnitus,(ringing in the ears)
-for loss of bladder control,(urinary incontinence)
-Alzheimer disease
-Motion sickness
-Seizure disorder,(epilepsy)
-Menopause problems
It's status
It's used in Japan, Russia, and some European countries, but not in the US, Canada, Australia
, New Zealand but still sold as in supplements, where mostly it is used with ginkgo as a
memory booster supplement
Where does it stand from the Nootropics Facts point of view?
Although it is used in many supplements meant for nootropics, but the problem is
that we don't have enough research data in the support of vinpocetine, at this situation
we feel very much reserved in recommending this drug for nootropics, after all, facts
should not be ignored