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Re:The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment by bluemoonx on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @05:40PM (#49264884)
This would be incredible.

The closest thing now is amphetamine but it turns people into maniacs - presumably the action here is not actually the brain cleaning function of sleep, rather just preventing reuptake of neurotransmitting chemicals that would cause it, if allowed.

Would be nice to truly provide the mechanism in a synthetic form - I wonder what it would feel like to have the brain “slept” while awake.

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Re:The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment by normalaccess on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @06:41PM (#49265494)
Sounds like the plot to a horror movie.
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Re:The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment by aitchnyu on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @03:57AM (#49269135)
Why just fiction? Nazi soldiers popped amphetamine pills to perform better.
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Re:The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment by redmoonx on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @11:35AM (#49274089)
As do the Zionist soldiers today
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Re:The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment by redmoonx on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @09:59PM (#49280997)
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-889253
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Re:The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment by gizajob on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @06:12PM (#49265187)
This will likely turn them into a different flavour of maniac.

Just go to bed.

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