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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LSD)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.204949.2182@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:49:49 GMT
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- locklin@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Lupo the Butcher) writes:
- : In article <30104@hoptoad.uucp> chroma@hoptoad.UUCP (Steve in the Secret Labs) writes:
- :
- : >Now where did that legend about Strychnine start? Being that it is
- : >a CNS stimulant that causes convulsions, it's usefulness as an analgesic
- : >or pain-killing agent is virtually non-existant. Gasp, where do such
- : >pharmacological legends get started?? I could see athletes using it in
- : >the belief that is a stimulant, because if one looks at some of the weird
- : >brew bodybuilders are happy to consume, it is clear some people will
- : >try almost anything, anything, anything. :)
- :
- : Actually, it is used for various purposes in the pharmacopia. The indians
- : (dravidic, not american) used the "nux vomica" as an aphrodisiac...
-
- Nux vomica is not strychnine alone - it is a mixture of alkaloids.
-
- The uses I have seen listed were as a stimulant or (more often) as a tonic.
-
- However, you are still supporting Steve's contention. I doubt if anyone would
- take a pain killer as an aphrodisiac - they would want a stimulant, of some
- sort.
-
- Bill
-