man kan jo forresten dø av heroin, ikke av forgiftning (vet ikke om det faktisk finnes en forgiftningsdose såkalt LD50 dose av opiater...) men nettopp pga at en bedøver de delene av hjernen som styrer hjerte, lunger og tarmer... en dør deretter av hjertestans, oksygenmangel og forstoppelse.... (..men forstoppelsen gir seg nok fort når døden inntreffer da hele tarmen og blærer tømmes fordi musklene som holder igjen "slutter"... snax syn OD...)
sier ikke at du ikke kan røyke heroin i hva du beskriver i små doser trygt og uten fare for liv og lemmer... men bare som svar på hva du beskriver som pustebesvær ved mindre doser..
googla litt...her fra wikipedia...
"Contrary to popular belief, a heroin overdose is not fast-acting. Stories about people who "OD with the needle still in their arm" and the like are not attributable to heroin overdoses, but rather they are very often the result of a fatal reaction with the adulterant. Quinine is notorious for causing such deaths. In the case of an actual heroin overdose, it very often takes many hours to die.
Heroin overdoses are more rare than one might first expect. As noted above, an overdose is immediately reversible with an opioid antagonist injection. The overwhelmingly vast majority of reported heroin overdoses are actually adulterant poisonings or fatal interactions with alcohol or methadone. True overdoses are rare because the LD50 for a person already addicted is prohibitively high, to the point that there is no general medical consensus on where to place it. Several studies done in the 1920s gave addicts doses of 1,600–1,800 mg of heroin in one sitting, and no adverse effects were reported. This is approximately 160–180 times a normal recreational dose. Even for a non-addict, the LD50 can be credibly placed above 350 mg.
It should be noted, however, that street heroin is of widely varying and unpredictable purity. This means that an addict may prepare what they consider to be a moderate dose while actually taking far more than intended. Also, relapsing addicts after a period of abstinence have tolerances below what they were during active addiction. If a dose comparable to their previous use is taken an overdose often results.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin
Sist endret av charras; 4. mai 2006 kl. 08:25.