Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.

Correct, and also rude.

This is the kind of post the forum exists for.

Baseline first. Not on piracetam but the pattern is familiar.

Function over score.

Sterility is the part people wave through and it is the part that actually bites.

Batch and expiry copied from a real box will already be nearly expired. That is the tell.

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.

An inconclusive account is useful if it stops the next person mistaking a story for a controlled comparison.

Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are.

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.