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Soviet military speedrun: stay awake, win war, skip coffee
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Soviet military speedrun: stay awake, win war, skip coffee

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A Soviet-era military pharmaceutical pamphlet for Meldony (mildronate), a performance-enhancing drug designed to maintain combat capability in soldiers. The document details dosage, effects, timing, and combinations with other drugs, presented in clinical bureaucratic style with dated design aesthetic. Extracted text: Physical Performance Enhancer MELDONY (mildronate) Who is it indicated for: motorized rifle, tank units, airborne forces, military reconnaissance, special forces When to take: when fatigue, tiredness and the need to perform physical and/or mental stress to maintain working capacity for 3-14 days or more, including in conditions of lack of sleep. Expected effects: reduction of fatigue, facilitation of the performance of combat tasks associated with physical and stress, improvement of mood, reduction of drowsiness Timing of expected effects: effect develops gradually to the maximum 7-14 days of daily intake and reaches K CAUTION: Taking the drug 3-6 hours before bedtime may cause insomnia. Dosage scheme: Maintaining combat capability for 1 to 14 days 1 capsule (500 mg) 2 times a day daily for 14 days A repeat course of taking the drug is possible 14 days after the end of the next course. A combination of taking meldonium with ladasten or fonturacetam is possible: taking 1 tablet of ladasten and 1 capsule of meldonium twice a day for 14 days or taking 1 tablet of fonturacetam and 1 capsule of meldonium twice a day for 14 days Maximum daily dose 2 capsules. The drug should be taken regardless of meals, with water. It is prohibited to drink coffee and alcohol at the same time as the drug.
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