out of around 50 of my mates who take it, one only gets purple knees sometimes and another one has only had it once. maybe just lucky lol
Or maybe I'm just unlucky as I do seem to get all of the side-effects pretty badly. As I said, some get them (from a single use occasionally), some don't get them unless they're hammering the stuff, some (like me) got them from occasional and relatively light use. Whether it makes you feel shitty or not bears little or no relation to the damage it's causing though.
heart palpitations... ive never heard of anyone having the discomfort last that long, is it all the time for 2 weeks? i would consider stopping taking it.
It was pretty much constant for around 2 weeks and has almost entirely gone now, although still get the odd flare-up. As I said, I've only used it a handful of times really and haven't used any for a good coupla months now but the symptoms still haven't completely gone.
at the end of the day, i think we have to realise that drugs are not good for you lol. all drugs will have negative side effects. where did you get the info about it being cardiotoxic? might have a look at that. i know that mdma is very neurotoxic so dont know whether we have to worry about meph being much worse.
Not all drugs are bad for you at all but, of those that are, some drugs are considerably worse for you than others. The
How Toxic is Mephedrone? has plenty of info on the cardio and neurotoxic properties of meph and it's metabolites. Seems to be quite possibly the most toxic of the widely-used drugs available - nasty, nasty stuff.
The evidence for MDMAs neurotoxicity is still highly debateable, in my opinion. Most of the studies involving moderate to heavy use of MDMA in primates (including humans) that I've seen find little - if any - evidence of any significant damage being caused. The studies that have found damage seem to mainly involve studies on rats and primates (not including humans) that use insanely high doses far greater than anybody would ever actually use.
The simple fact that MDMA has been used by humans for around 50 years now - 20+ of those years by millions of people worldwide and often in great excess - and still no signs of brain damage. Meph, on the other hand, has only existed for a few years and hasn't even been tested on animals let alone human beings yet but all the available evidence seems to point to it being toxic as hell. I know which one I would choose
