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Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by freedomben »

leetrout wrote: post #61
germinalphrase wrote: post #6

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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/s…

> Dunno what would happen if I asked for one outright...

Nowadays unless you're over 65 you'd be labelled with "drug seeking behavior" (in your records) and sent home with nothing and a "come to the hospital when you pass your stone." Forget the fact that the difference between drug-seeking behavior and legitimately needing something stronger is indistinguishable, and forget the fact that it will cost thousands upon thousands of dollars for you to do it in hospital. Thank God they're keeping you safe from the evil Sacklers

Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by dguest »

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.

In case people are wondering, you the IV injects a few hundred ml of saline, which most medical professionals would have access to. There were clubs that specialized in selling this to hungover people [1]. I wouldn't lightly risk sending myself into septic or hypervolemic shock but I know former EMTs who swear by it.

[1]: https://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/advice/a14177/iv-...

Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by Gordonjcp »

freedomben wrote: post #71
leetrout wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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/s…

> Dunno what would happen if I asked for one outright... Nowadays unless you're over 65 you'd be labelled with "drug seeking behavior" (in your records) and sent home with nothing and a "come to the hospital when you pass your stone." Forget the fact that the difference between drug-seeking behavior and legitimately needing something stronger is indistinguishable, and forget the fact that it will cost thousands upon…

American healthcare is a mess because of religious shit like this.

Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by freedomben »

flangola7 wrote: post #69
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.

I thought the caffeine was there to restrict/narrow blood vessels which usually helps with migraines. Multi-purpose maybe?

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Post by valine »

travisjungroth wrote: post #48
valine wrote: post #43

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They’re pure as far as I know. Would calcium be listed as an ingredient?

It’s very unlikely they’re pure caffeine. If it’s a pressed pill (versus a capsule) they’re definitely not. It needs binders to hold it together.

Gotcha, I take capsules. They’ve got rice powder to add volume I assume, but other than that I think it’s pure caffeine.

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Post by Gordonjcp »

deafpolygon wrote: post #14
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?

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Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by cjbgkagh »

freedomben wrote: post #74
flangola7 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I thought the caffeine was there to restrict/narrow blood vessels which usually helps with migraines. Multi-purpose maybe?

AFAIK, I think it depends on where in the body, vasoconstriction in the head vasodilation for the rest of the body.

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Post by Loveaway »

tasty_freeze wrote: post #39
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?

THC containing gummies, once a week, for music enhancement before bed. Tangential details... The 2018 hemp farm bill allows products to have up to 0.3% THC, but it took years for people to realize that gummies are hefty enough that 0.3% means a gummy can have 10-20mg of THC. So, at the ripe age of 57 I finally tried THC. It was very frustrating because most of the good stuff I expected didn't happen: no euphoria, no…

Meh I think I’m done with THC. You’ll always find plenty of enthusiasm and love everywhere for it, but then I never really met or talked to a single person who didn’t eventually became conflicted about it and concluded the negatives far outweigh whatever you get out of it.

Thankfully it’s doesn’t cause any serious harm to you as far as drugs go.

I wonder though, about a 100 years ago, when weed was criminalised, it wasn’t just made illegal - people went out of their way to destroy and get rid of every single hemp plant they could find in nature. Across the whole globe no less. That’s quite a statement. Maybe that’s bound to happen again.

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Post by thsksbd »

Gordonjcp wrote: post #73
freedomben wrote: post #71

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> Dunno what would happen if I asked for one outright... Nowadays unless you're over 65 you'd be labelled with "drug seeking behavior" (in your records) and sent home with nothing and a "come to the hospital when you pass your stone." Forget the fact that the difference between drug-seeking behavior and legitimately needing something stronger is indistinguishable, and forget the fact that it will cost thousands upon…

American healthcare is a mess because of religious shit like this.

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Re: Intravenous Caffeine

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Post by spacephysics »

crickey wrote: post #57
ttymck wrote: post #53

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Ah yes the venerable tooth decay upside.

Tooth decay is inevitable unless ur eating meat with water as your diet.

Can confirm, did carnivore for 2 years and had very good teeth. Sill brushed twice a day but didn’t feel like I needed it.

Despite brushing twice a day and now only eating foods with some sugar, dentist agreed had better teeth on the meat and water diet.

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