Adrenochrome....doesn't worth it ?
Adrenochrome is described as an hallucinogen, psychotomimetic and a cholinesterase inhibitor.
There are several different adrenochrome(s) :
1) Adrenochrome monosemicarbazone (also called
carbazochrome CAS: 69-81-8 ) : doesn' t produce any hallucinations but a feeling of well beeing (see "legal highs")
2) Adrenochrome thiosemicarbazone
3) Adrenochrome oxime sesquihydrate
4) Adrenochrome (CAS: 54-06-8 ) : this is the "hallucinogenic" one
CAS is a registry number. Each and every chemical has his own CAS number.
To make things even more complicated, there seem to be several kind of Adrenochrome associated to the CAS: [56-06-8]
1) D,L-Adrenochrome freebase (CAS: 56-06-8 )
Sometime D,L-Adrenochrome is just marketed as "Adrenochrome": if the price is around 90-120 $USD for 250 mg this means it is the
D,L-Adrenochrome. I found 8 or 10 online chemical suppliers selling this one in this price range.
For information : D,L means "racemic" : this means that D,L-Adrenochrome is an equal mixture of the two enantiomers : D-Adrenochrome and
L-Adrenochrome (also called (-)-Adrenochrome and (+)-Adrenochrome respectively). Two enantiomers of a same substance can have (very)different effects (one can be hallucinogenic while the other can be either hallucinogenic or inactive or even toxic). D-Adrenochrome and L-Adrenochrome and D,L-Adrenochrome have the same CAS number. The two enantiomers are difficultly separated so the D-form and L-form should be much more expensive than the D,L-form.
2) Now it' s getting more complicated : I recently found one more product:
Adrenochrome CAS: [56-06-8] , the price is 50g/220 euros (270 $USD)
I only found one chemical supplier selling this one (online).
According to the huge price difference, this can't be exactly the same substance. Because the CAS number is the same, I first though it was one of the two enantiomers (and probably the active one). But what seems strange to me is that if it would be an enantiomer, it should be much more expensive (as I' ve explained d,l-form should be cheapper than d-form or
l-form ). Only one thing for sure : it can 't be D,L-Adrenochrome (the price variation is too big).
Important notice: store adrenochrome at -20 °C (in freezer) in air-tight container (in order to keep it away from light, air oxidation and dampness).
Don' t keep it for too long, even in freezer it will end decomposing into melanin, though.
My experiences with adrenochrome:
Adrenochrome derivatives act as systemic hemostatics preventing capillary
bleeding during injury...I don't know if this can be bad in high dose (maybe high dosages or regular use could cause circulatory troubles such as blood clots in veins)
1) I held 100 mg of D,L-Adrenochrome under my tongue for 1 minute and then swallowed it. Fast onset because of the sublingual absorption (about 5 minutes)
2) I snorted 50 mg of D,L-Adrenochrome. Fast onset (a few seconds).
The burning feeling is similar to pepper.
3) I smoked 25 mg of D,L-Adrenochrome (vaporization in a crack pipe). Onset nearly instantaneous.
All trials gave me slight effects : moderate effects, no hallucination at all, feeling of warm through my body, slight change in my visual perception, a strange feeling in my head/hands (maybe caused by the hemostatic effect), sedation and slight euphoria (definite euphoria+stimulation when smoked, but short lived), some myosis (=little pupils). Duration: primary effects would last for about 1 hour, but total duration would be a few hours, not very long (honestly, I didn' t really check my watch). Useless to say I was disappointed.
Maybe higher dosages would give some hallucinogenic effect but I doubt it very much (the D,L-form doesn't seem to be much hallucinogenic)
Now, I may want to try :
-snorting 100 mg
-smoking (vaporizing) 100 mg
-holding 250 mg under my tongue and then swallowing it
Don' t worry I' ll tell you about the results if I try, wich I doubt because 1g is 360 $USD...and I don't have this money. (honestly, I feel like it would be a waste of money because this substance doesn' t seem to be hallucinogenic)
Much more interesting (and cheapper) would be to TRY the other Adrenochrome orally (the one sold at 220 euro for 50g). This one could possibly be the right one (hallucinogen ?). Hope so.
If not, then adrenochrome might be no more than a myth boosted by H.S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Of course, I'm going to check this out !
For more info :
www.erowid.org (english site)
http://www.drogenwiki.de/wiki.cgi?Adrenochrom (german site wich states that the dose is 5-50mg subcutaneously and possibly intravenously)
Peace.
