Can selank cause drowsiness?

This site's Selank citations do not report drowsiness as a counted adverse event. The one human study, 62 patients with generalized anxiety disorder or neurasthenia randomized to Selank or medazepam, found similar anxiolytic effects, and Selank additionally showed anti-asthenic and psychostimulant effects. There was no dummy arm. Those reported directions lean away from sedation, which is not the same as a published drowsiness rate of zero. This FAQ does not invent a drowsiness percentage. Full record at /compounds/selank.

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