A "Grey Market" Guide to Russian Smart Drugs, Nootropics & Anti-Aging Agent

Let’s dispense with the stereotypes first...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian businessmen had a well-deserved reputation for shady dealings. I wouldn’t blame anyone for being a little skeptical of buying Nootropics or anti-aging medicines from a Russian source. But that was 30 years ago; times have changed, and now, frankly, you should be skeptical of everyone. Government regulating agencies like the FDA are hopelessly corrupt and captured by big pharma, which is probably sponsoring your family doctor’s next luxurious vacation. The internet is a double-edged sword when it comes to your health; Amazon sells “health” supplements tainted with catastrophic amounts of toxic heavy metals, but the internet also gives you an unparalleled ability to sniff out the scams and figure out what actually works.

When choosing a Russian Nootropics source to buy from online, you want to apply a little more scrutiny than you might normally when shopping online. The reason being that you’ll probably use cryptocurrency to order from them, and unlike, for example, using PayPal, there’s no guarantee of a refund if you’re disappointed or the package gets lost en route. Virtually every eCommerce website on the internet proudly proclaims its Satisfaction or Money-Back Guaranteed! policy, but in some cases, this is internet marketing BS. Several times,s I’ve had to fill out dispute forms with PayPal or my credit card company to get refunds in cases when an e-commerce store lost my stuff and refused to honor their policies. This is not an option with cryptocurrency; once the money is transferred, there’s no way to get it back unless they decide to refund you. If you’re not satisfied with what you bought, there’s no one to go complaining to. Bank transfer or international funds transfer can be similarly difficult to get refunds for. So spend a little more time just making sure that you’re buying from a legit source. This article will help break down some criteria to judge Russian Nootropics sources.

It’s a pretty smart idea to order with cryptocurrency

Firstly, because they will often give you a small discount (who doesn’t like saving money!) Secondly, when buying drugs or exotic health supplements from abroad, you’re dabbling in what might be a legal grey area. Since founding Limitless Mindset in 201,1 I’ve talked with and heard from hundreds of biohackers around the world, and I’ve NEVER heard of a situation where a consumer got in legal trouble or was charged with a crime for ordering something. I think that almost everywhere around the world, law enforcement authorities just have better things to do than prosecute people who order things through unofficial channels. But we live in a world where online privacy and health freedom are dying. Big tech, your credit card company, and your bank have no qualms with handing your complete transaction records right over to the authorities if you ever get on the wrong side of the law. If you’re ever audited by the Internal Revenue Service, do you want them to know about the Russian Nootropics (some of which have scary-sounding names!) you’ve had shipped to you from a warehouse in Moscow or Eastern Europe? While cryptocurrency transactions are not untraceable, using cryptocurrency does much to protect your privacy and ensure that you’ll never have to explain to a law officer what Modafinil is. If you want to further insulate your privacy, you would be wise to use Monero, which is less traceable, and send the crypto from a less mainstream wallet service - Coinbase will hand over your transaction records to the government.

Before you plug your credit card or cryptocurrency into a Russian website, I urge you to first look up how long they have been in business. The internet is rife with scammy, faceless websites put up anonymously that will take your money and then disappear. For example, rusmedstore.com shut down a year after being launched in 2018. You can use Whois.net to check how long a website has been around and if its domain name is expiring soon, an indicator that it’s not a serious business. E-commerce stores that plan to be around for a while, serving customers, will usually have their domain names pre-registered for years, so check when their domain will expire.

It's crucial to do research before consuming pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutical drugs can be abused and misused; they may have undesirable side effects. This is why buying them typically requires a doctor's prescription. The internet is rife with reports of self-administration of pharmaceuticals gone awry (like this guy, who overdosed on Memantine and had a crazy +30 hour trip!) Many will assume that if something is for sale, it must be safe and it must be regulated by some authority. In the wild, wild west of the internet, this can be a deadly assumption. Please don't be the next foolish Biohacker who kills themselves recklessly using drugs. On the other hand, we have doctors and government regulators to thank for medical catastrophes like the opioid epidemic in the United States. Often, doctors misdiagnose and overprescribe harmful drugs to their patients.

The solution is to take extreme ownership of your health and pharmaceutical decisions.

* Read studies on PubMed and health science books relevant to your questions. Learn the difference between credible double-blinded clinical trials and bad science.

* When you identify a drug or medicine that seems worthwhile, read the studies on it. Watch the videos about it and listen to podcasts discussing it. Note the dosage and usage recommendations given.

* Next, comb through the internet for anecdotal reports on it. What are people saying about using it? What side effects are mentioned? Look in forums for user reports. Search for YouTube vlogs about it. A single anecdote is not very informative; it’s an unverifiable data point, but if ten people mention the same side effect, that’s something to be considered.

* If you’re still confused, reach out to experts. Often, you can email the authors of clinical trials with questions. Crowdsource by posting questions in forums. Or contact me for a biohacking consultation.

* Once you’ve determined that a particular pharmaceutical has clinical and anecdotal evidence supporting its use for your purposes, order it from the most credible source and start with a low, conservative dosage.

It will take several hours of focused research to educate yourself, but it will be worth it, and it will likely make your decision a more informed pharmaceutical decision than your doctor makes after meeting with you for 5 minutes and jotting down a prescription.

Let’s compare some Russian vendors...