Intravenous Caffeine

Post by awestroke » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:08 PM UTC

engineer_22 wrote: post #2

TLDR; participants with cocaine history were administered caffeine IV. At high doses (300mg) they reported some mild euphoria, and a strange taste and/or smell. Ask HN: aside from caffeine, what is the drug of choice around here?

Post by deafpolygon » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:09 PM UTC

engineer_22 wrote: post #2

TLDR; participants with cocaine history were administered caffeine IV. At high doses (300mg) they reported some mild euphoria, and a strange taste and/or smell. Ask HN: aside from caffeine, what is the drug of choice around here?

Post by cactusplant7374 » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:13 PM UTC

engineer_22 wrote: post #2

TLDR; participants with cocaine history were administered caffeine IV. At high doses (300mg) they reported some mild euphoria, and a strange taste and/or smell. Ask HN: aside from caffeine, what is the drug of choice around here?

Post by suslik » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:13 PM UTC

thedrexster wrote: post #13

engineer_22 wrote: post #2

TLDR; participants with cocaine history were administered caffeine IV. At high doses (300mg) they reported some mild euphoria, and a strange taste and/or smell. Ask HN: aside from caffeine, what is the drug of choice around here?

LSD is my happy place -- and Adderall, but I've a prescription for that one!

Post by stronglikedan » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

germinalphrase wrote: post #6

loves_mangoes wrote: post #3

I had heard that there's a community of people who insufflate caffeine on Reddit, but this one is news to me. Seems a little funny to go through all the trouble and extreme stigma of injecting yourself with an IV drug, only to pick ground up coffee beans as your poison of choice (!) The study is interesting mostly for the fact that someone tried it, but ultimately the results don't show a very strong effect. I wouldn…

A paramedic friend advised that if you ever end up in the hospital in a lot of pain, always opt for the suppository.