Anyone else find ECA stacks slightly euphoric?

[thegreatgeno]

i've been taking ECA stacks to help me exercise and lose weight (eca = ephedrine caffeine aspirin)

After taking 36.5mg of ephedrine (three primatene pills), 200mg caffeine (one no-doz pill) and 81mg aspirin (baby aspirin), my mood goes way up and it actually feels good to exercise. 3 hours or so later i'll just crash and be tired.

 

[Cane2theLeft]

This is pretty common with OTC stimulants when you don't have much experience with them. Kids get this when they first discover energy drinks for example.

If you use the combination regularly, you'll build up tolerance more quickly to the euphoric effects than the CNS stimulation. I have been losing some weight over the last 2 months and use ephedrine and caffeine (generic primatene and no-doz just like you mentioned) on average about 2 weeks per month. If I don't take them for a week or 2 I find the first dose (if I dose properly) a little bit enjoyable but nothing like real stimulants such as amphetamines or cocaine.

I don't use the ASA and I haven't seen any documentation that the benefits are worth the drawbacks and from people with more health/medical knowledge that I've spoken with, there seems to be little to no benefit either way.

 

[sekio]

ECA stacks have no actual benefits over regular excercise plus stimulants. In fact, the ephedrine is not very good for your heart - especially in combination with caffeine.

IMO stick with caffeine as an excercise stimulant. Ephedrine rapidly loses its "euphoric" stimulating effect.

 

[Cane2theLeft]

^ I prefer to use ephedrine (or ephedrine + caffeine) to suppress appetite and give a boost when I'm playing basketball for long periods (3-4 hours of pickup games with little break) over just caffeine because it's less jittery and anxiogenic for me than caffeine alone. I'm sure there is a great deal of personal preference and unfortunately I can't speak to the relative safety/physiological toll they respectively take. If anyone can point to any credible sources on the matter, it'd certainly be appreciated