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Caffeine Spray, Brought to You by Peter Thiel’s College Dropout Challenge

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Re: Caffeine Spray, Brought to You by Peter Thiel’s College Dropout Challenge

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The specialized device for cutting pills costs about $3 and is available at every single pharmacy on earth. They are generally designed to be used by the elderly and infirm.

How small of a pill can they accurately cut? The caffeine pills I got off Amazon are about the size of 2 pinheads and are kind of soft. I don't think they would be easy but I've never used a pill cutter.

Some of them are designed for such small pills, those might run a few more dollars. I worked in an inpatient pharmacy for awhile and we regularly cut tiny pills.

They are fairly ingenious for how simple they are, basically you put the pill in a V-shaped compartment so it would settle down to the base of the V. Flip the lid over and a razor blade would apply even pressure and split any size pill perfectly in half.

Some were more amenable than others to the splitting, while some would explode into a chalky mess, but I think that had more to do with the filler than the ingredients, which gives the opportunity to shop around.

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Homeopathic, indeed. http://www.unboundmedicine.com/harrietlane/ub/citation/15135... states about 2 microgram/cm^2/h absorption of caffeine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine gives about 100 milligram per cup of coffee. Assuming 100 cm^2 exposure area, you would need a milligram per cm^2 for a "cup of coffee equivalent". That's 500 hours ("three weeks") And that is assuming that this spray is equivalent to whatev…

Everyone that buys this is going to spray it in their mouths. This has nothing to do with skin absorption and everything to do with getting around the FDA.

I'll keep drinking coffee and tea to get my own caffeine fix, but I'd buy this spray to kill bugs.
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