Very silly indeed

[Mell_E]

Now I know this is probably quite the silly question...
On pillreports.com somebody left a comment on one of the reports claiming that there is "amphetamine" in Vicks inhalers and you can soak the filters in a glass of water and then drink it and be tweaked out. Just to be sure I am absolutely correct: Levmetamfetamine is NOT AN AMPHETAMINE. Right? Okay.
Just making sure.
(btw: anyone that does this is a fscking moron. kthx)

 

[kemikals]

You heard wrong. Psuedo-ephedrine is the ingridiant in inhalers. Ephedrine and amphetamine are similar in chemical structure, but do not produce the same effect.

 

[Grand Master of Somniferon]

Originally posted by Mell_E:
Now I know this is probably quite the silly question...
On pillreports.com somebody left a comment on one of the reports claiming that there is "amphetamine" in Vicks inhalers and you can soak the filters in a glass of water and then drink it and be tweaked out. Just to be sure I am absolutely correct: Levmetamfetamine is NOT AN AMPHETAMINE. Right? Okay.
Just making sure.
(btw: anyone that does this is a fscking moron. kthx)
Actaully, I believe that levmetamfetamine IS the l-isomer of methamphetamine, or desoxyephedrine, the only thing is, the l (levo) isomer is quite inactive, producing only decongesting effects, as compared to the d (dextro) isomer, or d-methamphetamine, which is what gets you all whacked out. So....if you did soak the vick's cottones in water and drank it, you would in effect be consuming meth, just l-meth, which is useless. In order to change it to d-meth, you would need a visit from the mythical isomer fairy. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[fairnymph]

GMS is correct.

 

[Mell_E]

Wow, that's interesting. But that also means that they shouldn't be feeling all tweaky from eating the inhalers, right? Or am I wrong?
*shakes head* I dunno what makes people think of these things in the first place.

 

[quale]

First of all yes it is l-meth in vicks inhalers. Moreover as I have actually swallowed one down to see what it would do they do have psychoactive effect (there is a really amusing article I saw on medline which describes a case report in which some guy ate 7 and then dresssed up as a woman). Unfortunatly it is essentially all the bad effects of meth.
It works well as a decongestant b/c it stimulates the sympathetic nervous system.
My guess, although not positive, is that l-meth is very inefficent at releasing dopamine but is still fairly efficent at releasing norepinepherine. Thus still making it a potent decongestant while removing most of the fun properties.

 

[PhreeX]

It's funny how since that Phrack article came out, people answer this question in sucb a way a newbie would actually read their reply and think it's common knowledge that this is l-meth and blah blah blah .. the reality is that we are all jkust spitting up the shit we heard someone off of!

 

[Technical User]

"the mythical isomer fairy" - hey anyone got his number, I need a couple isomers for numerous projects!

 

[Grand Master of Somniferon]

Originally posted by PhreeX:
It's funny how since that Phrack article came out, people answer this question in sucb a way a newbie would actually read their reply and think it's common knowledge that this is l-meth and blah blah blah .. the reality is that we are all jkust spitting up the shit we heard someone off of!
But isn't that what all imformation is? Something that we heard/read somewhere else?

 

[ikarus]

Originally posted by PhreeX:
the reality is that we are all just spitting up the shit we heard off of someone!
Well, America has successfully based their entire public education system on this concept, so it can't be all bad right?