Alternative? Well, these are more mainstream medicine than most everything else mentioned in A Canary's-Eye View — but they are also more interesting than most mainstream medicine, and you may be able to get them made without other chemicals at a compounding pharmacy.

Vinpocetine

• Helpful with Alzheimer's, dementia, mental clarity, depression, memory, muscle coordination
• in blood vessels in the brain, prevents
  • spasm
  • blood clots
• increases oxygen to brain
• No major side effects; very high dosage can lower blood pressure.

Centrophenoxine

• Helpful with mental ability, Alzheimer's, brain toxicity
• reverser accumulation of lipofuscin
• No major side effects

Piracetam

• Helpful with creativity, problem-solving ability, memory, vertigo, dyslexia, stroke damage
• very few side effects

Edlepryl / selegiline / Deprenyl

• helpful with Parkinson's Alzheimer's, memory, coordination, sex drive
• does not mix with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
• As with other dopamine agonists, can result in cell and DNA damage