Drug users use a lot of drugs
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Drug users use a lot of drugs
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#2"The most important reason meth makes your teeth fall out and ruins your life but Adderall just makes you study a little harder is that the meth users are taking 50x higher doses"
The reason meth addicts have bad teeth isn't because of the dosage of the drug. It's because stimulants make you want to eat candy and drink sugar water, because meth addicts lose track of oral hygiene in favor of doing meth or something else more interesting, and because they're smoking it (along with other drugs).
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#3Thank you. While there is no data to back up some of these numbers, at least they are offered up. I have often wondered what amounts Meth addicts were using do cause their severe issues.
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#4"The most important reason meth makes your teeth fall out and ruins your life but Adderall just makes you study a little harder is that the meth users are taking 50x higher doses" The reason meth addicts have bad teeth isn't because of the dosage of the drug. It's because stimulants make you want to eat candy and drink sugar water, because meth addicts lose track of oral hygiene in favor of doing meth or something el…
Regardless, I think the author's point is that the massive dose is more responsible for that negative outcome than the chemical is itself.
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#5This article is mostly weak opinion. There was one important takeaway, which is notable to anyone interested in ketamine:
> I hesitate to say the risk of bladder injury from a normal psychiatric dose of ketamine is literally zero
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#7This article is mostly weak opinion. There was one important takeaway, which is notable to anyone interested in ketamine: > I hesitate to say the risk of bladder injury from a normal psychiatric dose of ketamine is literally zero
>I hesitate to say the risk of bladder injury from a normal psychiatric dose of ketamine is literally zero.
The author's hesitation to make such a claim is very important to this quote.
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#8"The most important reason meth makes your teeth fall out and ruins your life but Adderall just makes you study a little harder is that the meth users are taking 50x higher doses" The reason meth addicts have bad teeth isn't because of the dosage of the drug. It's because stimulants make you want to eat candy and drink sugar water, because meth addicts lose track of oral hygiene in favor of doing meth or something el…
Stimulants suppress your appetite but they also make you clench you jaw and grind your teeth involuntarily.
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#9"The most important reason meth makes your teeth fall out and ruins your life but Adderall just makes you study a little harder is that the meth users are taking 50x higher doses" The reason meth addicts have bad teeth isn't because of the dosage of the drug. It's because stimulants make you want to eat candy and drink sugar water, because meth addicts lose track of oral hygiene in favor of doing meth or something el…
Adderall is also a stimulant(?) The authors suggestion is it would cause the same effect if taken in the same dosage.
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#10"The most important reason meth makes your teeth fall out and ruins your life but Adderall just makes you study a little harder is that the meth users are taking 50x higher doses" The reason meth addicts have bad teeth isn't because of the dosage of the drug. It's because stimulants make you want to eat candy and drink sugar water, because meth addicts lose track of oral hygiene in favor of doing meth or something el…
...because they're taking 50x the dose?