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> Doesn’t mean smoking cigarettes is good for working. Au contraire. Acute nicotine improves cognitive deficits in young adults with attention-deficit/hyperact
by sotix 1y ago
> Doesn’t mean smoking cigarettes is good for working.
Au contraire. Acute nicotine improves cognitive deficits in young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091305707003048 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00913...
> Non-smoking young adults with ADHD-C showed improvements in cognitive performance following nicotine administration in several domains that are central to ADHD. The results from this study support the hypothesis that cholinergic system activity may be important in the cognitive deficits of ADHD and may be a useful therapeutic target.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoSo the best interpretation is that it's like Adderal. Something to be carefully prescribed to with doctor-sanctioned doses. Not something you buy off the counter and smoke a pack a day of.