Does Semax work?
In stroke rehabilitation patients, Semax was associated with faster improvement on the Barthel index of daily function.
ACTH(4-10) analogUpdated
Short answer
In stroke rehabilitation patients, Semax was associated with faster improvement on the Barthel index of daily function.[1]
In a peptic ulcer trial, 89.5% of patients on Semax had healed ulcers by day 14, versus 30.8% of controls.[2]
Other proposed uses
Attention, memory and focus are not backed by a trial cited here; ADHD appears only as a proposal that Semax may have therapeutic potential.[3]
The brain-protection and memory findings are from rats with induced ischemia, not people.[4]
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Sources
- 1[The efficacy of semax in the tretament of patients at different stages of ischemic stroke].Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova · 2018PMID 29798983Accessed 2 Oct 2026
- 2Therapy of peptic ulcer with semax peptide.Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2002PMID 12459874Accessed 2 Oct 2026
- 3Semax, an analogue of adrenocorticotropin (4-10), is a potential agent for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and Rett syndrome.Medical hypotheses · 2007PMID 16996699Accessed 2 Oct 2026
- 4Neuroprotective and antiamnesic effects of Semax during experimental ischemic infarction of the cerebral cortex.Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2006PMID 17603664Accessed 2 Oct 2026
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