Snorting benzos - DON'T KILL ME FOR BRINGING THIS UP - An interesting read....

[Bludda]

http://www.panthrax.host.sk/snort_benzos.html

The article has as many holes in it as a Bangkok brothel, but his references do make for interesting reading. I don't have access to Pubmed anymore, so I haven't been able to read the journals he's cited. That he hasn't cited a reference for his main source, the article conerning insufflation and dogs, makes me less inclined to take it serioiusly - but if his source is valid, it does make an interesting argument against the commonly-held notion that benzos (or any substance) that are not water-soluable are not quickly and effectively absorbed when snorted.

That the argument against snorting benzos is normally used within the context of promoting harm reduction - to advise people (quite rightly) that putting binders and other shit up your nose isn't healthy, does make the whole thing moot. But, I suppose, for those who are pedantic about the whole efficacy thing (snorting binders aside), this may give critics of insufflation a bit to consider.

Personally, I think this guy has drawn some pretty loose conclusions and his arguments are shitfully drawn, but it is food for thought.


note: i always eat my benzos. by the handful.



except for when i'm really fucked

 

[adder]

Insufflation is not nonsense because it is not effective. It is that because it does not produce any more effects other than oral or sublingual administration. I don't like to put some unnecessary shit into my nose.

 

[vecktor]

insufflation works but no better than oral administration, I suppose if you had your jaw wired up then it would be advantageous.
Smoking some benzos works too, with a rather more rapid onset according to some sources.
V

 

[hussness]

insufflation works but no better than oral administration, I suppose if you had your jaw wired up then it would be advantageous.
Smoking some benzos works too, with a rather more rapid onset according to some sources.
V

Could you pm me about this? I've never heard of it before.

 

[phatass]

Smoking some benzos works too, with a rather more rapid onset according to some sources.
V

Really...? Which benzos are smokable?

 

[sundayraver]

diazepam powder does sod all when snorted.
Ive tried this a few times with no effect , then ingested half the ammount orally which worked.