Detectives are looking at whether the Russian anti-anxiety drug Phenibut is behind a mass overdose of students at a private school on Queensland's Gold Coast. Police said the seven teenagers took ...

A growing number of Americans may be having serious reactions after taking phenibut -- an unapproved anxiety drug sold in some dietary supplements. That's the finding of a new study looking at calls ...

Overview: Phenibut is a psychoactive chemical that is not legal in the U.S. But products that contain phenibut may still be available for purchase online. People take phenibut for many reasons, but ...

Delynn Willis had suffered from anxiety for years, but she’d always been wary of treating it with drugs like Valium and Xanax. “I didn’t want to start using anything that might lead to an addiction,” ...

People will always be in search of that special pill, the magical capsule that can cure baldness, burn fat, and make you happy. But while there are myriad lab-made drugs that can manage symptoms of ...

From 2009 to 2019, there was an increase in exposure to phenibut, with 1,320 exposures reported, according to research published in the Sept. 4 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

The world of nootropics is extensive, with many of them helping in one way or another. They all prove to be very effective in improving the cognitive abilities of the individual. Some of them, like ...

Phenibut is a synthetic drug that’s often used to modify mood, anxiety, and even energy levels. The drug acts in a very similar way to the naturally occurring neurotransmitter GABA, which is short for ...

Seven high school students in Queensland were taken to hospital last month after reportedly overdosing on a substance identified as Phenibut. It’s an anti-anxiety drug developed for Russian cosmonauts ...

Phenibut was initially developed in the 1960s in Russia as an anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) drug with cognitive enhancing properties. It has since attracted a strong following of users in the “smart drug” ...