Misc Propylhexedrine (Benzedrex) WARNING

[RatInADrainDitch]

I have come to believe that Benzedrex is significantly toxic due to recent symptoms experienced (in any case it is quite dirty as far as stimulants go).

This is my short account of using the drug:

Over the span of about 9 months I used about 50 Benzedrex inhalers. Not really a full blown addict or anything, but I used those goddamn rods quite a bit. I am good at tolerating the nastiness of cotten ingestion, and never once had nausea.

Yet, after awhile of using this shit about 3x/week, never more than a single rod at a time, I experienced some strange and alarming side effects:

1) serious episodes of nystagmus the next-day and couple days after eating rods (reflex eye-twitching involuntary movements). When driving a car, and especially turning the car, one of my eyes would not catchup to the other one, and for a second or two I'd have this jarring, wobbling feeling and then finally the eyes would refixate with some effort. During conversations, my eyes would not line up properly so I turned my head away from people in order to reconnect, so to speak.
This would continue for most of the day regardless of situation and continue for at least 3 more days.

2) weird sensation and total weakness in my knees the next day after using a rod. Felt like my knees had been hollowed out and replaced with sacs of air.

The nystagmus aspect shared the shit out of me. I of course stopped using the rods, but then tried another about 2 months later figuring things had reset - the eye twitching CAME BACK in full force. Needless to say...that is alarming because my first 15+ experiences involved no eye symptoms.

I am no expert but that kind of thing seems to reek of some bad physiological forces at work.


Shit is not worth it. Don't use. (my first post; sorry if this was misplaced or something)

 

[girtron]

Yeah, I used it for the last time yesterday. I started coming down about 8 last night, and my hands started feeling numb. From there I was extremely faint, but couldn't fall asleep until about 2 AM, and only then because I took benadryl. My heart rate has been irregular all day with frequent spells of numbness, mainly in my hands and feet.

Has anyone else experienced this after using propylhexedrine?

 

[jhousewr]

I recently started using it about four months ago and never had any problems, until last week I ate two rods and had the most intense migraine afterwards. I could hardly keep my eyes open and was sweating like crazy. That shit is dirty.

 

[girtron]

I'm probably just being paranoid, but I'm worried the numbness and weird heart rate aren't going to stop.

 

[JayJohnson]

My experience with it taught me two things. Now, I've used meth (and many other drugs) in the past, so I've learned to weigh the negative aftereffects with the positive effects.

Preface with: don't eat the fucking cotton. A soak of 30 minutes is enough to get you started, and then continue with a couple more soaks of 30 minutes to get everything out. There is no reason to eat the cotton (plenty reasons not to), and soaking for extended periods of time is pointless.

First, I'll never use without waiting at least 2 weeks before using again. Even at low doses (1 soaked rod), the effects on happiness/depression, and muscles twitching are bad. Every use I've had small muscle spasms for 3-10 days afterwards. Those spasms where you can feel and see a small portion of your muscle twitching. Annoying, but they also indicate something damaging happened.

Second, taking much more then 250mg at a time isn't really worth it. Constriction in chest and extremely high blood pressure for starters. No improvement on euphoria, and just an increase in negative effects.

Ok, the stuff can be fun, but to a lot of people it isn't worth it. To those of us who enjoy it, it should still be treated with caution and respect. It's not meth, redosing and using to stay up for days is no good. Small, one time doses are all I'd recommend, with a couple weeks break in between. This shit is an over the counter RC. Proceed with caution, nobody knows long term effects of use outside of whats recommended by the label.

 

[girtron]

My experience with it taught me two things. Now, I've used meth (and many other drugs) in the past, so I've learned to weigh the negative aftereffects with the positive effects.

Preface with: don't eat the fucking cotton. A soak of 30 minutes is enough to get you started, and then continue with a couple more soaks of 30 minutes to get everything out. There is no reason to eat the cotton (plenty reasons not to), and soaking for extended periods of time is pointless.

First, I'll never use without waiting at least 2 weeks before using again. Even at low doses (1 soaked rod), the effects on happiness/depression, and muscles twitching are bad. Every use I've had small muscle spasms for 3-10 days afterwards. Those spasms where you can feel and see a small portion of your muscle twitching. Annoying, but they also indicate something damaging happened.

Second, taking much more then 250mg at a time isn't really worth it. Constriction in chest and extremely high blood pressure for starters. No improvement on euphoria, and just an increase in negative effects.

Ok, the stuff can be fun, but to a lot of people it isn't worth it. To those of us who enjoy it, it should still be treated with caution and respect. It's not meth, redosing and using to stay up for days is no good. Small, one time doses are all I'd recommend, with a couple weeks break in between. This shit is an over the counter RC. Proceed with caution, nobody knows long term effects of use outside of whats recommended by the label.

Thanks for your input, Jay. Just the fact that you've experienced adverse effects up to 10 days after puts my mind at ease.

 

[Korn3x]

i've never experienced any negative effects. and taking 2 does feel way better than one. and this shit isn't for everybody. i've never had any chest pains on it, but i also make sure not to drink any caffeine or take any other stimulants at least 6 hours before i dose my benzedrex.

and yes, taking breaks is a must. you definitely can't do this stuff every day (altho some do kidn of "binge" on it). if you do, the high won't be that good. i only do it like once every couple of months or so, since i've been real busy lately and don't really have time to get high anymore as often as i was.

 

[StaySedated]

taking recreational doses any strong stimulant(esp. ones with strong PNS side effects like propylhexedrine) three times a week for nine months will cause adverse effects on most people. just look at any tweaker and you'll see.

i should also add as far as safety and effects on the body, propylhexedrine is just as if not more toxic than methamphetamine. these two drugs are actually very similar to each other, although propylhexedrine is a stronger vasoconstrictor so its likely more toxic.

moral of the story: frequent use of these kind of stimulants will cause adverse effects on your health at some point. i say lay off propylhexedrine and any other strong stimulant and the symptoms will subside.