I've been taking pure freebase liquid nicotine buccally (inside the cheek) for ~ 2 years now and want to share my experiences.
Let me start from the beginning.
About 2.5 years ago I got my dumb ass addicted to cigarettes. Being a chemist, I wondered if I could extract the nicotine itself from tobacco and cut out the smoking part. I eventually did this by following the instructions on another forum, although this was a total alkaloid extraction, so the nicotine wasn't so pure.
I then set out to find a suitable ROA. I tried intranasal (there is a pharmaceutical spray formulation of this type), but that stung like a bitch, even at tiny doses. Long story short, I ended up taking the stuff buccally. It still stung, but not as bad.
The effects were astounding. Instead of having to wait until you finish a cigarette to get a milligram of nicotine, you could put a tiny drop of liquid on the tip of your finger, rub it inside your cheek, and get a strong rush in < 10 seconds. Within about 3 days of first trying it bucally, I quit my 5 month smoking streak entirely and used the straight stuff from then on out.
I knew that tobacco contained lots of other alkaloid crap (especially the carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines) and the raw stuff was burning a hole in my wallet, so I sought another source. I ended up figuring out how to extract it from e-liquid (that liquid that e-cigs vape). I switched from my tobacco-derived crap to the purer e-liquid stuff without problem. At that point, I was satisfied with just nicotine, without the other alkaloids in tobacco.
My dose slowly increased. I have always used a micro-dropper with a thin plastic barrel, so I always knew about how much I was taking (1 mg ~ 2 mm). I went from maybe a milligram at a time a couple of times a day to 2 mg every few hours, and have now leveled off at 7 - 8 mg every hour or so, totaling ~ 100 mg of nicotine a day.
At this point, a standard dose does nothing aside from satisfying the cravings. I think I've just worn those receptors in my brain out. I can easily take 10 mg at once (yes, that's equivalent to half a pack hitting over the course of a few seconds) without feeling anything. Above that and I just get diarrhea / nausea.
I likely have the highest nicotine tolerance of any human being who has ever lived, but I'm okay with that.
Well, I think I'm done rambling. Just wanted to share my unusual story.
edit: Forgot to add, that's roughly twice the LD50 per day, in case anyone's curious.
Let me start from the beginning.
About 2.5 years ago I got my dumb ass addicted to cigarettes. Being a chemist, I wondered if I could extract the nicotine itself from tobacco and cut out the smoking part. I eventually did this by following the instructions on another forum, although this was a total alkaloid extraction, so the nicotine wasn't so pure.
I then set out to find a suitable ROA. I tried intranasal (there is a pharmaceutical spray formulation of this type), but that stung like a bitch, even at tiny doses. Long story short, I ended up taking the stuff buccally. It still stung, but not as bad.
The effects were astounding. Instead of having to wait until you finish a cigarette to get a milligram of nicotine, you could put a tiny drop of liquid on the tip of your finger, rub it inside your cheek, and get a strong rush in < 10 seconds. Within about 3 days of first trying it bucally, I quit my 5 month smoking streak entirely and used the straight stuff from then on out.
I knew that tobacco contained lots of other alkaloid crap (especially the carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines) and the raw stuff was burning a hole in my wallet, so I sought another source. I ended up figuring out how to extract it from e-liquid (that liquid that e-cigs vape). I switched from my tobacco-derived crap to the purer e-liquid stuff without problem. At that point, I was satisfied with just nicotine, without the other alkaloids in tobacco.
My dose slowly increased. I have always used a micro-dropper with a thin plastic barrel, so I always knew about how much I was taking (1 mg ~ 2 mm). I went from maybe a milligram at a time a couple of times a day to 2 mg every few hours, and have now leveled off at 7 - 8 mg every hour or so, totaling ~ 100 mg of nicotine a day.
At this point, a standard dose does nothing aside from satisfying the cravings. I think I've just worn those receptors in my brain out. I can easily take 10 mg at once (yes, that's equivalent to half a pack hitting over the course of a few seconds) without feeling anything. Above that and I just get diarrhea / nausea.
I likely have the highest nicotine tolerance of any human being who has ever lived, but I'm okay with that.
Well, I think I'm done rambling. Just wanted to share my unusual story.
edit: Forgot to add, that's roughly twice the LD50 per day, in case anyone's curious.