Posted by mike99 on February 8, 2006, at 16:10:25
In reply to how clean is desoxyn?, posted by mike99 on February 8, 2006, at 15:49:56
I've never heard of Desoxyn as being referred to as "Des", so I thought maybe I'd start a trend here :-)
Anyhow, my understanding is that des is racemic meth, which has some conversion to racemic amphetamine in the body.
My question is where in the body does this conversion take place? The liver, brain?
The reason I ask is because if it takes place in the liver, then the body is exposed to racemic amphetamine and all it's nasty peripheral effects (?)
BUT, if it takes place solely in the brain, then the periphery is only exposed to meth which has almost no peripheral effects????
(But isn't L-methamphetamine the active component in vick's inhaler and therefore definitely peripherally activating?)
I guess my point is what is the advantage of meth over regular amphetamine if it is converted to amphetamine in the body? And does meth cause increased catecholamine levels in the bloodstream/body?
I wonder if there would be any advantages to isolating just the l-meth component?
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