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Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by leetrout »

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.

Reoccurring kidney stone sufferer here!

Belladonna and Opium (B&O) suppositories are one of the best things that I've discovered. They were very reluctant to write me a prescription for them but they were life changing last time I had to pass a stone. Dunno what would happen if I asked for one outright... when I tell them dilaudid doesn't do much for me I get treated very skeptically.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03332056

Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by er4hn »

AlbertCory wrote: post #60

Anecdote: someone told me she knew some nurses and they knew a quick way to get over hangovers. Quite illegal, but it involves IV. Don't come at me: I'm not recommending this, I've never done it, and your nurse friends probably won't do it for you. Edit: TIL it's not illegal. However, in a hospital I'm pretty sure the nurses aren't supposed to do it for free.

Illegal where? This is a "show up to your hotel room" service you can get in Las Vegas.

Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by justinator »

AlbertCory wrote: post #60

Anecdote: someone told me she knew some nurses and they knew a quick way to get over hangovers. Quite illegal, but it involves IV. Don't come at me: I'm not recommending this, I've never done it, and your nurse friends probably won't do it for you. Edit: TIL it's not illegal. However, in a hospital I'm pretty sure the nurses aren't supposed to do it for free.

There are IV bars in Colorado so not all that illegal (doing at home: yeah a little different). You can get just a reg. IV, or vitamins - that sort of thing.

Being at a high altitude, hangovers suck up here, so there may be a market. I don't drink anymore - and it wasn't a hard decision. I haven't been down to sea level in a very long time, but drinking is completely different up here than down there.

Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by DangitBobby »

AlbertCory wrote: post #60

Anecdote: someone told me she knew some nurses and they knew a quick way to get over hangovers. Quite illegal, but it involves IV. Don't come at me: I'm not recommending this, I've never done it, and your nurse friends probably won't do it for you. Edit: TIL it's not illegal. However, in a hospital I'm pretty sure the nurses aren't supposed to do it for free.

It's not illegal here. They advertise it in bar restrooms as a "hangover and extreme sports recovery" treatment.

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Post by freedomben »

AlbertCory wrote: post #60

Anecdote: someone told me she knew some nurses and they knew a quick way to get over hangovers. Quite illegal, but it involves IV. Don't come at me: I'm not recommending this, I've never done it, and your nurse friends probably won't do it for you. Edit: TIL it's not illegal. However, in a hospital I'm pretty sure the nurses aren't supposed to do it for free.

what's the way? just rehydration drip? that's widely known and there's nothing illegal about it if you have the equipment

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Post by slabity »

HPMOR wrote: post #56
ttymck wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah yes the venerable tooth decay upside.

Coffee doesn't cause tooth decay. Sugar causes tooth decay. You can drink Coffee without sugar.

Not a dentist, but I think it's the acid that causes tooth decay. Microbes create the acid from dissolved sugar in your mouth.

The question is whether coffee is acidic enough to do damage even without the sugar.

Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by IIAOPSW »

ano-ther wrote: post #58

Didn’t realise caffeine was used IV in anesthesia. Apparently it speeds up awakening (which makes sense to me as a non-medic). https://theanesthesiaconsultant.com/2019/06/18/intravenous-c... But the story in OP is that the patient received caffeine IV at the beginning of the surgery (inducing severe anxiety). Does anyone know why you would do this?

Maybe someone put the wrong IV in?

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Post by hoosieree »

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?

Successful debugging session euphoria.

Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by flangola7 »

ano-ther wrote: post #58

Didn’t realise caffeine was used IV in anesthesia. Apparently it speeds up awakening (which makes sense to me as a non-medic). https://theanesthesiaconsultant.com/2019/06/18/intravenous-c... But the story in OP is that the patient received caffeine IV at the beginning of the surgery (inducing severe anxiety). Does anyone know why you would do this?

Epinephrine increases the strength of painkillers. That's why there's caffeine in Excedrin.

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ano-ther wrote: post #58

Didn’t realise caffeine was used IV in anesthesia. Apparently it speeds up awakening (which makes sense to me as a non-medic). https://theanesthesiaconsultant.com/2019/06/18/intravenous-c... But the story in OP is that the patient received caffeine IV at the beginning of the surgery (inducing severe anxiety). Does anyone know why you would do this?

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