Compound or practice · Supplement
Aniracetam
A fat-soluble racetam with an anxiety-and-mood reputation and mostly preclinical human backing.
- Overall grade
- Grade D
- Last revised
- 1
- graded outcome
- 0
- references listed
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
1 at grade D — 1 graded row
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Cognition / moodEvidence grade D
Mostly preclinical
Triviallow
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Thin evidence: Cognition / mood (grade D).
Interactions
Documented pairings with supplements and medicines. A medicine on this list is a conversation for whoever prescribes it.
Alpha-GPCWorks together
Choline pairing is common with racetams.
The evidence in words
What it is
Aniracetam is a fat-soluble racetam marketed for cognition, mood, and anxiety.
How it works
It modulates AMPA glutamate receptors and cholinergic signaling.
What the evidence shows
Some older clinical data in cognitive impairment; the anxiolytic and mood claims rest largely on animal work. Human evidence in healthy people is minimal.
Safety & interactions
Generally tolerated; take with fat. Legally grey as a supplement. Alpha-GPC — Choline pairing is common with racetams.
Bottom line
An anecdotally popular racetam with little rigorous human evidence, especially in healthy people.
Goes with
- Alpha-GPCCholine pairing is common with racetams.Evidence grade C
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Aniracetam for Cognition / moodEvidence grade D — Mostly preclinicalEvidence grade D
- Aniracetam: side effects, safety & interactionsGenerally tolerated; take with fat. Legally grey as a supplement.Evidence grade D
- OxiracetamA stimulating racetam with sparse, dated human evidence.Evidence grade D
- PhenylpiracetamA stimulating racetam that's also a banned substance in sport — thin data, real doping risk.Evidence grade D
Sources
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Last revised . A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.