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There should be a way for these DIY-ers to share what they're doing with each other and the scientific and medical community. An application that can provide a network of support and communication would be beneficial to these neuro-adventurers (current mental and emotional state, motivations, treatment plans, etc). Self-medication is not a bad idea, but it can require proper guidance and information to be truly effective.

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I mean https://www.reddit.com/r/nootropics exists. Probably very few members if any have any involvement in medicine, but there's a lot of emphasis on randomized controlled trials, meta-analyses, etc., whenever available.

Thanks, man!

Not really. More an emphasis on people with vague notions having their vague notions cemented by other over-confident under-informed people with more-cemented notions.

Unfortunately, if medical professionals cooperate with them, it likely violates ethical codes, and perhaps the law as well.

The closest I think they can get, is to provide normal medical treatment for the complications which arise.

Unfortunate, I can see that this can make medical insurance companies quite worried too (asymmetric information about personal riskiness).

I'd propose modeling on the relationship between orthopedic surgeons and bodybuilders or weightlifters or perhaps athletes in general. It seems a very close analogy and has been mostly long term stable.

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