Comments on: Study: Meth may fight the flu

By: Knott Buyinit

Knott Buyinit — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:39:39 +0000

“It’s an ill wind as blows nobody no good, as I always say.”

- Hamfast “The Gaffer” Gamgee

By: AlexB

AlexB — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:29:46 +0000

Many flu-symptom medicines had ephidrine in them for many years. Ephidrine is chemically very close to meth. But due to high-profile deaths from ephidrine, the substance was banned and all the medicines that used it replaced it with something called “pseudo-ephidrine”… no clue what that is.

Anyway, the relationship between meth and fighting flu is not news.

By: ProfShadow

ProfShadow — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:58:34 +0000

So is Breaking Bad's next season filming in Taiwan or something?

By: Chaz706

Chaz706 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:30:36 +0000

And while I’m at it (completely spaced it)… there’s this one guy who (partially in jest) wrote a scientific paper on the subject of isolating a usable form of Pseudoephedrine from Crystal Meth.

With how difficult it is to get my hands on Sudafed at times… I might just have to revisit said paper.

By: Chaz706

Chaz706 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:28:44 +0000

Guys there’s a scientific reason for this.

One of the key ingredients to make Methamphetamine is Sudafed… or rather Pseudoephedrine. Pesudoephedrine is the active ingredient which clears nasal passages, fights nasal pressure, and in general relieve’s flu symptoms.

Of course Meth is going to have all sorts of really bad side effects but one of the key components will still do it’s intended job.

By: laurakbarr

laurakbarr — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:59:04 +0000

Hey, death also gets rid of the flu!

Who knew, right?

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:58:30 +0000

Is it the (supposedly) incredible sex?

Sharke on November 8, 2012 at 12:13 AM

What I’ve heard is there is an unending craving and yet the body does not respond. So they say they spend all day pulling taffy.

What this study means is that methheads are useless even to flu viruses.

By: Sharke

Sharke — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:13:18 +0000

I don’t know how people take that crap, I really don’t. Back when I was young during the early 90′s rave scene we took a lot of regular speed at parties. And boy do you feel like death the next day. The paranoia, the feeling of utter doom, the aural hallucinations, and trying to get to sleep with eyes that refuse to close. I’ve been told that meth is 20x stronger than this. What the hell is the incentive? Is it the (supposedly) incredible sex?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:13:06 +0000

If that was true then no one in Eugene, Oregon would ever get the flu.

By: TKindred

TKindred — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:11:41 +0000

Yeah, and Mercury cures Syphillis.

RDH on November 7, 2012 at 11:12 PM

Actually, it does. The problem is that it also kills you. Slowly, and with much pain.