Reishi
黒い薔薇(The Black Rose)
- Jan 5, 2025
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Benzocaine,Lidocaine and Tetracaine the last two being a lot more rare to find are used in topical local anesthetic commonly found in throat sprays and oral numbing products. While generally safe when used as directed, it has been associated with methemoglobinemia the same condition people get when they suffer from nitrite poisonings.
They act as an oxidizing agent. It oxidizes the iron in hemoglobin from the ferrous state to the ferric state, forming methemoglobin. Methemoglobin is unable to bind and transport oxygen effectively just like nitrites.
As methemoglobin levels rise, the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity decreases, leading to hypoxia, even if oxygen levels in the lungs are normal.
With a high enough amount in your system you'll undergo the same symptoms as SN and KN and the only treatment would be methylene blue same as them.
Although compared to them you'd have to take in a substantial amount to be able to get the same effects... but with that it's very possible to kill you .
So this easily could be a alternative to nitrites.
Althould I haven't seen any reports of any suicides from this yet but I do see that it has caused deaths and everytime its accidents because of overusage.
They act as an oxidizing agent. It oxidizes the iron in hemoglobin from the ferrous state to the ferric state, forming methemoglobin. Methemoglobin is unable to bind and transport oxygen effectively just like nitrites.
As methemoglobin levels rise, the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity decreases, leading to hypoxia, even if oxygen levels in the lungs are normal.
With a high enough amount in your system you'll undergo the same symptoms as SN and KN and the only treatment would be methylene blue same as them.
Although compared to them you'd have to take in a substantial amount to be able to get the same effects... but with that it's very possible to kill you .
So this easily could be a alternative to nitrites.
Althould I haven't seen any reports of any suicides from this yet but I do see that it has caused deaths and everytime its accidents because of overusage.
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