Re: Fatality secondary to massive overdose of dimenhydrinate.

[rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski]

godlike wrote:
> "rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski" <rfgdxm@EXECUTESPAMMERSmochamail.com>
> wrote
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> news:3f3bb87f$0$158$892e7fe2@authen.puce.readfreen ews.net...
>> Sounds interesting. I must make a note to read this article
>> someday.
>> An actual published case of a death from Dramamine.
>>
>
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8363125&dopt=Abstract
>> A 19-year-old woman presented with status epilepticus and ventricular
>> dysrhythmias less than one hour after ingesting 5,000 mg
>> dimenhydrinate (Dramamine). Aggressive resuscitation including the
>> use of physostigmine
>
> but seriously man? 5000??
> thats 100 fucking pills

My initial guess is this was an intentional suicide.
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[Sean Carroll]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:09:18 -0400, "rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski"
<rfgdxm@EXECUTESPAMMERSmochamail.com> wrote:

>> but seriously man? 5000??
>> thats 100 fucking pills

> My initial guess is this was an intentional suicide.

My thoughts exactly. I've never taken more than 1200 mg at a time, and
even *that* much is too dangerous to do more than once or twice. And
there comes a point of diminishing returns, when increasing the dose
no longer changes the nature of the trip, though perhaps may make it
last a bit longer.

There is no reason on Earth I can see to take 5000 mg, except suicide.

--Sean
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[rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski]

Sean Carroll wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:09:18 -0400, "rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski"
> <rfgdxm@EXECUTESPAMMERSmochamail.com> wrote:
>
>>> but seriously man? 5000??
>>> thats 100 fucking pills
>
>> My initial guess is this was an intentional suicide.
>
> My thoughts exactly. I've never taken more than 1200 mg at a time, and
> even *that* much is too dangerous to do more than once or twice. And
> there comes a point of diminishing returns, when increasing the dose
> no longer changes the nature of the trip, though perhaps may make it
> last a bit longer.
>
> There is no reason on Earth I can see to take 5000 mg, except suicide.

Or, total stupidity. Total stupidity seems somewhat common amongst
drug abusers. There are lots of people who still abuse Coricidin. Even
though DXM only cough syrups are sold throughout the US.
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