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Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by fdsfsaa on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:05PM (#13494806)
Modafinil and nicotine. Cocaine too, I imagine, although that's more a sales guy thing.
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Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by fizixer on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:27PM (#13494976)
nicotine through pill, not smoking a cigarette?
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Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by fdsfsaa on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:37PM (#13495046)
Nicotine is best administrated through gum or a transdermal patch. I haven't heard of many people using it in pill form. Nicotine alone is similar to smoking a cigarette, but not identical: cigarettes also contain MAOI inhibitors which have synergistic effects with nicotine.
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Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by nv-vn on Thursday January 26, 2017 @05:21PM (#13495814)
Just a minor correction, MAOI = MAO inhibitors. MAOI inhibitors is redundant.
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Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by eutectic on Friday January 27, 2017 @05:41AM (#13498959)
Lozenges are also available.

It's interesting to note that apparently nicotine is not addictive without the MOAIs from tobacco smoke.

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Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by germinalphrase on Thursday January 26, 2017 @09:37PM (#13497280)
Are people not concerned about nicotine dependence?
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