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[edit] Structural Inaccuracy

The picture is of the sodium salt form (Pubchem: 3047131), not the acid form (Pubchem: 60608). It should be changed. Fuzzform 02:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Will update with an SVG (Ccroberts( t · c · g ) 05:31, 9 July 2007 (UTC))
Updated with high-res png. took a little longer than expected ;p (Ccroberts( t · c · g ) 14:27, 16 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] GHB Analogue?

Does anyone know of the existence of a GHB/Niacin analogue to this substance? Just curious. (Ccroberts( t · c · g ) 05:31, 9 July 2007 (UTC))

Don't know but this isn't it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.230.145 (talk) 20:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Elimination Half-Life

I added some data about Picamilon's elimination half-life that I found on the drug's leaflet.

What the leaflet says exactly is "0.51 hours", which I assumed to be around 30 minutes. Not sure if that is correct (might be 51 minutes).

Lysergsaure 10:07, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
That seems like about the right amount of time, as the molecule would be cleaved into gaba and niacin pretty quickly. I can't seem to find the data anywhere, quickly anyway. (Ccroberts( t · c · g ) 14:27, 16 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Asthenia Link

There was a wiki link from the word "asthenic" that pointed to Dependent Personality Disorder. I have changed it to point to Asthenia. I'm assuming it was incorrectly pointing to Dependent personality disorder. If I am mistaken, please undo.

APatcher (talk) 03:47, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Quackery?

There seems to be little support in the published literature for most of the claims in the current previous clinical studies section of this article. A quick Google search reveals that picamilon is being sold as a food supplement with claims similar to the ones contained in this article, but again with no verifiable sources to back up these claims. Finally this article has included a Refimprove banner since September 2007 and with the exception of a few citations that I have added, no one has responded to. Hence I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that picamilon is an experimental drug with an plausible mechanism of action which has failed to show any clinical benefit. Unless someone steps foward with reliable sources to support the claims being made about picamilon, I propose to remove the clinical studies section of this article. Boghog2 (talk) 05:25, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright violation

Much of the material contained in this article appears to have been copied verbatim from:

  • R.P. Kruglikova (July 1997). How And Why Picamilon Works. Life Extension Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-05-28. “All Contents Copyright © 1995-2008 Life Extension Foundation All rights reserved.”

Therefore In addition to the verifiability issue mentioned above, there is also a copyright violation. Boghog2 (talk) 09:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Explanation for deletion

Because of the WP:COPYVIO and WP:RELIABLE issues mentioned above, I have deleted the clinical studies section of this article. Boghog2 (talk) 09:57, 31 May 2008 (UTC)