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0 pointsmtlmtlmtlmtl1y ago0 comments

Purely out of curiosity, which drug is this, if you don't mind me asking?

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tootie1y ago· 1 in thread

Sodium oxybate. Active ingredient is GHB. I was stunned to find out this was a therapeutic but apparently it was developed for potential therapies and was only coincidentally discovered to be intoxicating. I used to suffer debilitating cataplexy and sodium oxybate has nearly wiped it out.

mtlmtlmtlmtlOP1y ago

Right, GHB is an interesting one. It's always fascinated me how most recreational drugs are a wonderdrug for at least one medical condition. There are a couple of exceptions of course. Like synthetic cannabinoids. But even ethanol can be used as an antidote for methanol poisoning.

For me it's amphetamine. I have severe dehabilitating ADHD-C and lisdexamphetamine has completely changed my life.

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