Comment LD50 Dosage for Caffiene (Score 1) 178
The LD50 (Lethal-Dose 50%) for 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine (caffiene) is as follows:
The preceding quote was taken from The Pharmocological Basis of Therapeutics, written by Louis S. Goodman and Alfred Gilman.
I also know this from personal experience. One day in the fine educational facility that I attend, I was wandering through the closet in the english room, when I happened upon about 900 grams of pure reagent grade 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine (caffiene).
In the recent past, I had grown accustomed to Penguins (caffienated peppermints).
Well, the local store was out of Penguins, so I decided to make my own. I went behind a partitioned wall with my ordinary peppermints and my big-ass bottle of pure reagent-grade caffiene and sprinkled about 3 grams of caffiene on the mints.
Well, suffice it to say that this is not advisable. But hey, you live and learn.
-redmist out...
"...However, in man the toxic dose of caffiene is so large (over 10 grams) that human fatality is unlikely."
The preceding quote was taken from The Pharmocological Basis of Therapeutics, written by Louis S. Goodman and Alfred Gilman.
I also know this from personal experience. One day in the fine educational facility that I attend, I was wandering through the closet in the english room, when I happened upon about 900 grams of pure reagent grade 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine (caffiene).
In the recent past, I had grown accustomed to Penguins (caffienated peppermints).
Well, the local store was out of Penguins, so I decided to make my own. I went behind a partitioned wall with my ordinary peppermints and my big-ass bottle of pure reagent-grade caffiene and sprinkled about 3 grams of caffiene on the mints.
Well, suffice it to say that this is not advisable. But hey, you live and learn.
-redmist out...
