Hey everyone, I started this new thread because the other ones were starting to get very disorderly and unclear. In this thread I will be posting all my C16-trials.
Anyhow, I conducted my first C16-trial yesterday and I just finished collecting and comparing all the data from the tests today.
I already am going to mention as well that this is a quick update since I don't have that much time on my hands right now. I already apologize for the bad English. I will try to put all the data from my tests on here if this is requested. But I can't promise anything yet. I will definately try to do this for trials that have positive results.
The general conlusion from my first trial would be that C16 does not work.
First of all, I did not feel anything besides the initial little bit of adrenaline from taking a research chemical. To detect any cognitive enhancement I did the following cognitive tests:
- all the tests on Cambridge brain sciences
- Random word test: a long term memory test consisting out of made-up words (2 or 3 syllables long). The words were learned on day one (yesterday) and tested on day 2 (today), so 24 hours passed between remembering and testing. A similar aproch was used in the animal tests. The enhancement was only seen 24 hours later.
- Reading test: reading a text about a subject (only once) that I knew little about. Same testing procedure was used as with the Random word test. 24 hours later I tried to write down as much information from the text as I could remember.
The first test I did was the Random word test which happend 30 minutes after the start of administration. I did all the tests on Cambridge brain sciences after that. And around 2.5 hours after administration I started with the Reading test.
After comparing all the data from the tests with the results from the control-tests, which I did a couple of weeks ago, I have to conclude that I didn't observe a difference. I definitely didn't observe a spectacular increase in my long term memory as seen in the animal tests. Also other areas of my cognition remained unaffected (positive or negative).
But I do have to add some very important information to that. I don't think that C16 doesn't work but I do think that an insufficient amount of C16 entered my bloodstream because of the following reasons:
- the sublingual bioavailability of C16 might be low (sublingual bioavailability is almost always worse than i.p.). So I probably have to increase the dosage.
- I dissolved the C16 only in distilled water and not in combo with ethanol (wich is a stupid mistake on my behalve that I will not be making anymore in future trials). I migh have to use DMSO in future trials.
The reason why not dissolving the C16 in a small amount of ethanol is a stupid mistake, is because ethanol seems to be important for sublingual administration.
I have been comparing some of the chemical properties of C16 with strychnine, and I have found some similarities. Such as the log P (partition coefficient).
Besides that I also found an article (http://onlinelibrary...440710/abstract) wherein you can conclude that strychnine can not be absorbed sublingually without alcohol. The same might be true for C16.
The dosage I used in the first trial was 30µg, which is the minimum effective dose needed based on my bodyweight and the data from the rat dosages.
So like I said, I wouldn't discard C16 as useless just yet. I will be testing it again in the near future. But I first want to give my body the time to clear out the chemical since C16 has a 'pretty high' log P which means that it 'could' bioaccumulate. So I am not going to redose for at least a couple of days. I also didn't observe any adverse effects.
Edited by JPC16, 26 April 2014 - 04:42 PM.