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- From: aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: rush?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.162653.19361@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:26:53 GMT
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- In article <1k26d3INNkc0@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> kkruse@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Korey
- J. Kruse) writes:
- >aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom) writes:
- >
- >> It can be either amyl nitrite or butyl nitrite. The amyl nitrite is
- >>usually iso-amyl nitirite, but I'm not sure about butyl nitrite. It cou
- d
- >>be n-butyl or sec-butyl, but I don't think they use tert-butyl for this
-
- >> It's a vasoDILATOR. It causes the blood vessels in the head to dilate,
- >>therby reducing the pressure to the head because oflack od arterial ton
- ,
- >>causing that dizzy, "like-you-got-up-off-the-couch-too-quickly" feeling
-
- >>(Same effect really...) Not good for asthma sufferers or people who get
- >>migraine headaches frequently.
- >
- >I believe you are right about the substance being either amyl or butyl
- >nitrate, but the effects you describe are not consistant with my own
- >use of the drug "RUSH" (a little red bottle with the letters RUSH and
- >and yellow lightning bolt on it) I tried this drug in high school and
- >found that it caused or at least seemed to cause an immense INCREASE in
- >blood pressure or at least blood to the head. All of the users of it
- >flushing of the face. For obvious reasons inhalants such as these are
- >to be avoided. (If you desire a long and happy life !)
- >
- >
- >
-
-
- Initially, their would be an inbflux of blood due to the dilated blood
- vessels, but then the pressure would drop becaue of relaxed vessel wall
- muscle tone. I could be wrong about this...
-
- St. Anthony
-