Posted by alexandra_k on September 18, 2005, at 19:31:57
In reply to Sudafed?, posted by AMD on September 18, 2005, at 18:38:25
> Is pseudoephedrine dangerous in over-the-counter doses?
well... i guess its fda approved...
which means they haven't found harmful findings (in theory)>Are its chemical makeup and effects more like amphetamine or methamphetamine?
Maybe I'm confused... But I thought methamphetamine and amphetamine were remarkably similar in the sense that methamphetamine (p) is basically a less cut version of amphetamine (speed). I know... That you can make methamphetamine from cold and flu tabs containing pseudoephadrine (the ones without the paracetamol apparantly). And I know that you can make speed from methamphetamine by adding glucose (for example), so my guess would be that it is pretty much the same stuff...
That being said I've never felt high off my cold and flu tabs! Maybe... Its a little like morphene in the sense that if you are in a lot of pain the morphene counters the pain and doesn't produce a high while if you are not in pain it produces a high. I wondered if I didn't get a high because I was sick... But I don't really know....
I don't really know...
I mean... The crash you get coming down from drugs can be for (at least) two reasons... Your brains supply of the transmitter can be used up (so it takes a couple days for your body to produce another supply) or the transmitter might need to be persuaded to release a little more (because the receptors have habituated or whatever). If you have run out of transmitter... I'm not sure whether you can coax more into your system via suppliments or more tablets or whatever (given the blood brain barrier...) But if the tablets release stored transmitter then I would guess that it could help you with the comedown.
I don't know what transmitter cocaine works on...
And I can't remember what amphetamine works on...
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