Tripman
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Fact of the Month Contest in BDD
We encourage you to come up with and post interesting Harm Reduction or Drug Related Facts in the BDD Social and Information Booth. The top 5 facts for each month as chosen by the moderators would then be put into a separate thread after the first three weeks of the month.
During the last week of the month, the top 5 facts that have been chosen by the moderators will become a poll and voting will commence for one week, you will be able to vote for your favourite fact, the one you find the most interesting maybe, or the one that is totally new information to you that you were glad to see. Once the voting is over, the winner will be declared, and will get a custom title for the whole of the next month.
The custom title for last month was BDD Fact Finder and undoubtedly will stay the same.
There will be a different theme each month. A list of themes will be posted underneath this original post.
A Few Rules
1. Facts should not be about psychedelic drugs, cannabis, or MDMA/Ecstasy
2. No more than 5 facts may be submitted by each user, and only two of each users facts can be in the top 5 to be voted for.
3. Facts should be suited to this forum, i.e. not include too much complex terminology, or pharmacological talk, basically they should be user friendly to other people who read this forum.
4. You can't use a fact that was used in the previous months top 5
5. Facts must not violate the BLUA
6. Facts must be factual, please don't post things that are based on hearsay if possible please post a source with your fact.
When you post your fact contributions in the BDD Social and Information Boothplease make it clear that it is a contribution to the contest. You could PM a moderator. The best way to do make it clear that it is a contribution to the contest would be to use the spoiler BB Code so it appears like this;
or this;
[spoil]Bollocks[/spoil]
You can find out how to use that Spoiler BB code and tons of other cool BB Code on this here.
Guys please note that I've added an extra rule requesting sources with your facts.
November Theme!
OPIOIDS.
Mod-Fact - Ineligible
1. Vader: The word "morphine" is derived from the name of Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
Source
2. Loulou reed:
Because France is growing poppies massively. They transform it into different opiates (codeine, morphine), and back in 2000(ish), they sold a few kilograms of very pure heroin to the Switzerland heroin programs, but as soon as it was discovered by the media they stopped selling it by fear of french public reaction.
3. nAON:
The Opium Wars were a number of conflicts thought between China and Britain in the mid-19th century. Britain, through the East India Company, was smuggling vast quantities of opium into China, where it was illegal. After the emperor had smugglers arrested and opium stocks destroyed, Britain sent forces in which ravaged China. The result of the war included the opening of chinese ports to trade, and the secession of Hong Kong to Britain.
Source
4. Louis CK:
Avoid taking opioids after a large meal. Opioids disrupt the flow of bile and pancreatic enzymes, making it difficult for the body to digest food. This often results in undigested food traveling through your intestines, making opioid constipation much more problematic than it already is. If you can, wait an hour or two after a large meal to allow your body a chance to release necessary enzymes.
For mild to moderate constipation, a ginger and celery smoothie may be helpful in aiding bowel movements. Celery is a natural laxative and ginger promotes the production of digestive enzymes.
Good luck and always remember to use wisely.
Mod-Fact - Ineligible
5. Oxide
MPTP, a neurotoxic precursor to MPP+, causes rapid onset of symptoms not unlike those of Parkinson's Disease. MPTP was accidentally formed as a major impurity by a 23 year-old Graduate Student named Barry Kidston while Kidston was synthesizing (with recreational intentions) MPPP, a meperidine (demerol) analogue. This was discovered a few days after trying his new creation, when he and several of his friends he had shared the drug suddenly had developed several (quite serious) symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.
Source:Here, Here and here
Mod-Fact - Ineligible
6. Cane2TheLeft
Heinrich Dreser, a chemist for Bayer Pharmaceuticals, was responsible for not only synthesizing the world's most successful licit drug but also one of the world's most successful illicit drugs as well - aspirin and heroin respectively. In 1897 Bayer was looking to develop a new treatment for pain and their first choice was a safer form of salicylic acid that Dreser dismissed as having no value. Instead he chose to develop diacetylmorphine (heroin) which he believed to hold the analgesic potential of morphine without the risk of addiction. By 1899, Bayer was producing over a ton of Heroin annually until it pulled the product from the market in 1913 after seeing the rise of addiction this widely available legal medicine was producing and instead focused their marketing efforts on acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) - the product they've since become internationally known for.
Source
Mod-Fact - Ineligible
7. Tripman
In 1821 Thomas de Quincey published the first edition of his now famous Confessions of an English Opium Eater chronicling his experiences with the drug. These included his dreams and the original manuscript was written in haste at one might say a 'fever pitch'. The final section, "The Pains of Opium", recounts the extreme of the author's opium experience (up to that time), with insomnia, nightmares, frightening visions, and difficult physical symptoms. Thomas de Quincey revised his 'Confessions' for a new edition in 1856 and it is this edition that we enjoy today.
Source
8. Lacster
mu-opiate receptors are presynaptic, and inhibit neurotransmitter release; through this mechanism, they inhibit the release of GABA, and disinhibit the dopamine pathways, causing more dopamine to be released. By hijacking the dopamine pathways, exogenous opioids causes inappropriate dopamine release, and lead to aberrant synaptic plasticity, which leads to dependency. opioid receptors have various other vital roles in the CNS and PNS however, controlling pain, cardiac, gastric and vascular function as well as possibly panic and satiation, and receptors are found at postsynaptic locations as well as presynaptically.
Source
9. Mugz
After oral administration, tramadol demonstrates 68% bioavailability, with peak serum concentrations reached within 2 hours.
It is a central analgesic with a low affinity for opioid receptors. Its selectivity for mu receptors has recently been demonstrated, and the M1 metabolite of tramadol (ODT), produced by liver O-demethylation, shows a higher affinity for opioid receptors than the parent drug.
That is why ODT actually feels amazing and great and much more like a real opioid than regular tramadol
Source
10. nAON
In October 2002, Chechen rebels took 850 people hostage in a theatre in Moscow. After negotiations failed, Russian special forces pumped an unidentified gas into the ventilation system, killing 39 of the attackers and 129 of the hostages. Though the exact identity of the gas was never revealed, it was (eventually) revealed by the Russian authorities to be a fentanyl derivative.
We encourage you to come up with and post interesting Harm Reduction or Drug Related Facts in the BDD Social and Information Booth. The top 5 facts for each month as chosen by the moderators would then be put into a separate thread after the first three weeks of the month.
During the last week of the month, the top 5 facts that have been chosen by the moderators will become a poll and voting will commence for one week, you will be able to vote for your favourite fact, the one you find the most interesting maybe, or the one that is totally new information to you that you were glad to see. Once the voting is over, the winner will be declared, and will get a custom title for the whole of the next month.
The custom title for last month was BDD Fact Finder and undoubtedly will stay the same.
There will be a different theme each month. A list of themes will be posted underneath this original post.
A Few Rules
1. Facts should not be about psychedelic drugs, cannabis, or MDMA/Ecstasy
2. No more than 5 facts may be submitted by each user, and only two of each users facts can be in the top 5 to be voted for.
3. Facts should be suited to this forum, i.e. not include too much complex terminology, or pharmacological talk, basically they should be user friendly to other people who read this forum.
4. You can't use a fact that was used in the previous months top 5
5. Facts must not violate the BLUA
6. Facts must be factual, please don't post things that are based on hearsay if possible please post a source with your fact.
When you post your fact contributions in the BDD Social and Information Boothplease make it clear that it is a contribution to the contest. You could PM a moderator. The best way to do make it clear that it is a contribution to the contest would be to use the spoiler BB Code so it appears like this;
Balls
or this;
[spoil]Bollocks[/spoil]
You can find out how to use that Spoiler BB code and tons of other cool BB Code on this here.
Guys please note that I've added an extra rule requesting sources with your facts.
November Theme!
OPIOIDS.
Mod-Fact - Ineligible
1. Vader: The word "morphine" is derived from the name of Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
Source
2. Loulou reed:
Because France is growing poppies massively. They transform it into different opiates (codeine, morphine), and back in 2000(ish), they sold a few kilograms of very pure heroin to the Switzerland heroin programs, but as soon as it was discovered by the media they stopped selling it by fear of french public reaction.
3. nAON:
The Opium Wars were a number of conflicts thought between China and Britain in the mid-19th century. Britain, through the East India Company, was smuggling vast quantities of opium into China, where it was illegal. After the emperor had smugglers arrested and opium stocks destroyed, Britain sent forces in which ravaged China. The result of the war included the opening of chinese ports to trade, and the secession of Hong Kong to Britain.
Source
4. Louis CK:
Avoid taking opioids after a large meal. Opioids disrupt the flow of bile and pancreatic enzymes, making it difficult for the body to digest food. This often results in undigested food traveling through your intestines, making opioid constipation much more problematic than it already is. If you can, wait an hour or two after a large meal to allow your body a chance to release necessary enzymes.
For mild to moderate constipation, a ginger and celery smoothie may be helpful in aiding bowel movements. Celery is a natural laxative and ginger promotes the production of digestive enzymes.
Good luck and always remember to use wisely.
Mod-Fact - Ineligible
5. Oxide
MPTP, a neurotoxic precursor to MPP+, causes rapid onset of symptoms not unlike those of Parkinson's Disease. MPTP was accidentally formed as a major impurity by a 23 year-old Graduate Student named Barry Kidston while Kidston was synthesizing (with recreational intentions) MPPP, a meperidine (demerol) analogue. This was discovered a few days after trying his new creation, when he and several of his friends he had shared the drug suddenly had developed several (quite serious) symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.
Source:Here, Here and here
Mod-Fact - Ineligible
6. Cane2TheLeft
Heinrich Dreser, a chemist for Bayer Pharmaceuticals, was responsible for not only synthesizing the world's most successful licit drug but also one of the world's most successful illicit drugs as well - aspirin and heroin respectively. In 1897 Bayer was looking to develop a new treatment for pain and their first choice was a safer form of salicylic acid that Dreser dismissed as having no value. Instead he chose to develop diacetylmorphine (heroin) which he believed to hold the analgesic potential of morphine without the risk of addiction. By 1899, Bayer was producing over a ton of Heroin annually until it pulled the product from the market in 1913 after seeing the rise of addiction this widely available legal medicine was producing and instead focused their marketing efforts on acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) - the product they've since become internationally known for.
Source
Mod-Fact - Ineligible
7. Tripman
In 1821 Thomas de Quincey published the first edition of his now famous Confessions of an English Opium Eater chronicling his experiences with the drug. These included his dreams and the original manuscript was written in haste at one might say a 'fever pitch'. The final section, "The Pains of Opium", recounts the extreme of the author's opium experience (up to that time), with insomnia, nightmares, frightening visions, and difficult physical symptoms. Thomas de Quincey revised his 'Confessions' for a new edition in 1856 and it is this edition that we enjoy today.
Source
8. Lacster
mu-opiate receptors are presynaptic, and inhibit neurotransmitter release; through this mechanism, they inhibit the release of GABA, and disinhibit the dopamine pathways, causing more dopamine to be released. By hijacking the dopamine pathways, exogenous opioids causes inappropriate dopamine release, and lead to aberrant synaptic plasticity, which leads to dependency. opioid receptors have various other vital roles in the CNS and PNS however, controlling pain, cardiac, gastric and vascular function as well as possibly panic and satiation, and receptors are found at postsynaptic locations as well as presynaptically.
Source
9. Mugz
After oral administration, tramadol demonstrates 68% bioavailability, with peak serum concentrations reached within 2 hours.
It is a central analgesic with a low affinity for opioid receptors. Its selectivity for mu receptors has recently been demonstrated, and the M1 metabolite of tramadol (ODT), produced by liver O-demethylation, shows a higher affinity for opioid receptors than the parent drug.
That is why ODT actually feels amazing and great and much more like a real opioid than regular tramadol
Source
10. nAON
In October 2002, Chechen rebels took 850 people hostage in a theatre in Moscow. After negotiations failed, Russian special forces pumped an unidentified gas into the ventilation system, killing 39 of the attackers and 129 of the hostages. Though the exact identity of the gas was never revealed, it was (eventually) revealed by the Russian authorities to be a fentanyl derivative.
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