Does baking soda basify blood?

[Depressicaa]

I take it with Dexedrine, I looked around and heard that you should take baking soda 1hr-30mins before and readminister it when you actually take it. I don' know the truth of these claims.

So just wondering if baking soda basify blood?

 

[debaser]

I'm pretty sure, yes. But maybe it does basify your stomach PH, not blood. Don't know which one, or maybe both.

 

[Depressicaa]

I know for sure that it does basify the stomach (thats why we take it! ), but I have no idea if it does something to the blood.

I've looked all over the internet for this and I'm either hitting the wrong keywords or there isn't a study on it. For me when I eat a dose of it after my Adderall/Dexedrine I get a nice 'high' for a bit (few minutes). Its anecdotal and I'm not sure if anyone else has the same effect.

 

[Rogue Robot]

Homeless -> BDD?

 

[dokomo]

Hyperventilation causes blood pH to rise (become more basic.)

Not exactly very safe to do on purpose though

 

[Depressicaa]

Thanks for the info dokomo! Its good to remember I guess, I could try it once or twice. Any more takers on the baking soda question?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

NaHCO3 is a weak base and won't have much effect. Think of all the vinegar and soda and fruit you consume each day.

 

[onmyway]

i guess if you consumed a lot of bicarbonate you might become alkalotic because you are essentially removing acid from the stomach, and that acid must be replenished from your blood. but your body has all kinds of mechanisms to keep your blood in a narrow range of PH (look up bicarbonate buffer system). my guess is that your kidneys would excrete bicarb and correct the balance pretty quickly. but im sure there are cases of people who has hurt themselves with excessive bicarb ingestion. too much sodium isnt good either.

it is given iv in clinical settings to get blood PH back to normal, but only after careful measurement and calculation of ion gap.

how much sodium bicarbonate do you consume in a day?

 

[Psychedelic Jay]

Regular 1000-4000mg doses of baking soda is doing very little to the blood. Very minute amounts make it the the bloodstream due to the neutralization process of the acid in the stomach and upper G.I. tract. You can never fully neutralize the acid in your stomach with such a weak base, as you stomach is always pumping out new acid. This means that all of the backing soda is practically used up.

Excessive overdose will make it into the bloodstream causing metabolic alkalosis.

So, yeah it will basify your blood.

 

[Depressicaa]

Thank you very much for your answers everyone! I was hoping that homeostasis would be slower or whatever I guess, but its not. I will stop taking Baking Soda around 1hr-30mins before and during now.

 

[Psychedelic Jay]

30 minutes before is a good idea, it takes that long to get to the highest point of neutralization for the whole G.I. track. Extra-large doses are what do the blood basifying. (6000+mgs)

 

[azureufc]

hey bud

ive actually tried this before
I wouldn't advise using baking soda simply because it tastes so repulsive

just take 4 regular TUMS tablets ~ 45minutes to an 1 hour before you take the ampht
also, drinking it down with a cup of tea seems to further potentiate the amphetamine (the L-Theanine in green tea is the cause for this)

 

[Psychedelic Jay]

L-theanine is awesome.

 

[debaser]

Baking soda 's taste is ok, nothing to write home about. Took around 2 grams just after dosing my methadone, as methadone takes two hours to kick in, I think it will do the trick.