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<onlyinclude>'''Stamina enhancement''' can be described as an increase in | <onlyinclude>'''Stamina enhancement''' can be described as an increase in one's ability to engage in physically and mentally taxing activities without the development of fatigue. Although this effect is commonly mistaken for [[stimulation]], it differs as it is not a direct increase in one's energy levels. Instead, it is an increase in one's resilience in performing an activity and a mitigation of general fatigue. | ||
Psychoactive substances that directly increase one's endurance without stimulation are known as ''actoprotectors''. These are are defined as "substances that enhance body stability against physical or mental loads without increasing oxygen consumption or heat production."<ref>The Pharmacology of Actoprotectors: Practical Application for Improvement of Mental and Physical Performance (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762282/?report=classic</ref></onlyinclude> Although actoprotetors are extremely uncommon, there are many compounds are capable of inducing endurance enhancement alongside other effects such as [[stimulation]], [[focus enhancement]], and [[motivation enhancement]]. These commonly include most [[stimulant|stimulants]] such as [[amphetamine]] and specific [[psychedelic|psychedelics]] such as [[LSD]]. | |||
===Psychoactive substances=== | ===Psychoactive substances=== | ||
Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: |