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- From: farif@halcyon.com (David John Kunz)
- Subject: Re: help me!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.104256.6571@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 10:42:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.014738.21101@burrhus.harvard.edu> glazier@isr.harvard.edu (Andrew Baker Glazier) writes:
- >>>Niacin (also called Niacinamide, or vitamin b- ... 12 I think) will
- >>>help counteract the psychological effects of LSD. Start with a 4gram dose,
- >>>and wait a day or so to see if it helps; don't overdo it.
- >>>--
- >>>"Faahk Ohhf Yoo Buhm, I Keehl Youu!!" - Lupo The Butcher
- >>>glazier@isr.harvard.edu internet | Convictions cause
- >>>glazier@harvunxw bitnet | Convicts.
- >>
- >>nonono...niacin and niacinamide arent the same exactly. taking lots of niacin
- >>will give you a niacin flush, characterized by a warm prickly feeling all over
- >>your skin. Niacinamide won't do this. It's the niacin flush that is supposed
- >>to abort a trip, but whether thisis actually true, beyond the psychosomatic
- >>level, is rather questionable.
- >>
- >>Chuck Falzone
- >>cjf49655@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
- > It doesn't *abort* the trip, I didn't say it did. It does calm down
- >someone who is in a drug-induced panic, tho I can't prove this beyond
- >personal experience. My reference for this information is Robert Anton
- >Wilson in 'Sex and Drugs', and a book by Abbie Hoffman that I can't recall
- >the title of at the moment.
- >
- >As for them being similar, I've personally seen them both have the same
- >quieting effect. I don't know if their chemically similar, that is. two
- >names for the same compound.
-
- According to Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw in _Life Extension: A
- Practical Scientific Approach_, "Niacin is intimately involved in brain
- metabolism. Large dosages of niacin, C, and B-6 have been effective in
- the treatment of schizophrenics. Niacin can be used as a safe treatment
- for bad drug trips with LSD and other psychedelics and possibly PCP.
- About one hour after a dose of niacin (which may range from 1 to several
- grams), a hallucinating and frightened tripper may be calm and
- communicating."
-
- Also, niacinamide is an activator for benzodiazepine receptors
- (benzodiazepines include Valium and Librium for instance), which
- probably explains the calming effect of niacinamide and niacin.
-
- Niacin and niacinamide are chemically similar. Niacin can be converted
- to niacinamide in the body.
-
- (My first net posting. If I've screwed up, please be gentle.)
-