Aqueous andrenochrome

[I am shpongled]

How would one go about ingesting this? I was thinking of letting it dry out and then insufflating whatever's left over.

 

[LuxEtVeritas]

From "Biochemical Journal", Vol 31 part 1, yr 1937, page 609.

"XIII. Properties of adrenochrome

Adrenochrome is a very unstable substance: it is completely destroyed in 4 min.
by 1% hydrochloric acid, and in 40 sec. by 1% ammonia. At pH 7.3 and 37C the red
colour disappears in 35 min., and even under the optimium conditions for keeping
the solution, at pH 4.0 and 0C, marked decompostion and melanin formation could
be observed in 4-5 hours. In the dry crystalline condition adrenochrome could be
kept for several weeks, but on standing in a vacuum desiccator it decomposed to
give a brown amorphous product. The crystalline substance appears to be a
hydrate. The crystals decompose on heating at abot 115-120C.

Adrenochrome is very soluble in water and crystallizes from water only on
evaporation practically to dryness. It is also readily soluble in methyl
alcohol. It is removed quantitatively from the aqueous solution by adsorption on
charcoal, and can be eluted again from the charcoal with methyl alcohol."

From "The Journal of the Chemical Society", yr 1950, page 1276-1279.

"b) (-) -Adrenaline (2 g.) was suspended in water (70 mL) and dilute
hydrochloric acid was added dropwise with shaking, until a clear solution was
obtained. Silver oxide (8 g.) was added, the mixture shaken vigorously for 5
minutes and then filtered. The aqueous solution of adrenochrome this obtained
was stable for about 12 hr at 0C."

 

[LuxEtVeritas]

also from what i understand it only has effect in those with existing aberrant chemistries and there is no reports of this being worthwhile from normal, healthy individuals...but if you do proceed of course let us know your thoughts

you also might want to simply try sublingual...

 

[IcarusRisen]

According to Erowid, it's almost worthless as a psychedelic. But please do let us know.

 

[egor]

I hate fear and loathing for starting this myth

 

[CloudyHazeD]

Agreed.

 

[Hah]

hello,
the following excerpt is from this book that I found to be very interesting.

What Really Causes Schizophrenia http://www.hdfoster.com/Foster_Schizophrenia.pdf
http://www.hdfoster.com/

ADRENOCHROME HYPOTHESIS

"In the 1950s a few asthmatics using out-of-date adrenaline sprays became psychotic. It was later discovered that the pink or deteriorated adrenaline such sprays contained had been oxidized to adrenochrome and to other indoles. In an effort to discover what was causing the psychological problems,
Drs. Hoffer and Osmond began to experiment on themselves.

In one such trial, Osmond was administered 300 milligrams of spray containing adrenochrome. Within 11 minutes his ears felt plugged and his vision became abnormal. Rapidly swinging one arm back and forward caused him to see it as a series of stationary arms. Within an hour, he decided to cycle home from the hospital and noticed that the roadside trees were expanding as if being pumped up with air. Clearly, he was hallucinating. Arriving home earlier than usual he found his wife was out and became very depressed, deciding that she must have left him and returned to her mother in a distant city. He counted all the suitcases. One was missing, increasing his certainty that she had gone. Finding a pile of clothes he concluded his wife had been packing to leave and had decided to go out to purchase her airline ticket. His depression increased. Remembering the experiment, he became very angry with the person who had forced him to take adrenochrome.[He had, in fact, been a very willing participant in the experiment.] Clearly, he was becoming paranoid. Hoffer describes similar experiences, including adrenochrome induced paranoia.
This evidence suggests that intelligent, highly educated individuals can be made to display many of the symptoms of acute schizophrenia very quickly, simply by exposing them to excess adrenochrome."

 

[delta_9]

I wouldn't go so far as to say it's worthless. I think it does produce some psychoactive effects, but classifying it as a "psychedelic" is a stretch.