Jordie Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 I am 100% sure this topic would deal with Chemistry. Anyway, 1. Can Caffine kill you if you drink to much. 2. How much would you have to drink. 3. What is it in it that would kill and what does it kill. I tried searching the Internet but couldn't find much on the subject. I will keep trying. Maybe it is just the terms I am using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Why search the internet when you can just search this site? Some info here: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4653 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandyGurl Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Look up the LD 50 Merck manual is your friend... Its the caffeine in it that kills you, its a drug. I would estimate about 5g orally... Think you would have a heart attack if you took that much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 The LD50 of caffeine in humans is 10 grams or around 50 to 200 cups of coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandyGurl Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 The LD50 of caffeine in humans is 10 grams or around 50 to 200 cups of coffee. Human? Usually they use lab rats. Would hate to be part of that study!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 i know somebody who accidently almost killed himself with caffeine. he twitched and could not sleep for days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordie Posted November 15, 2004 Author Share Posted November 15, 2004 Why search the internet when you can just search this site? Some info here: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4653 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Not quite what you were after, I know, but it's pretty useful side information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandyGurl Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 i know somebody who accidently almost killed himself with caffeine. he twitched and could not sleep for days How they hell do you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurg Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Two words; Jolt Cola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandyGurl Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Two words; Jolt Cola. One night at a club ( at 18 yrs old, long ago, whell the 90's)... I was on stage because I always managed to get VIP passes or so... I see these little sodas. Never seen them before. They are called red bull. There was a whole cooler of them. I tried one... "Ewwwww...., but kind of good." Kind of like the whole S&M thing, pleasure and/in pain. The disgusting taste grew on me real quick. I drank 8 or 10 of them. I weigh about 120. Hmmmm 1 red bull is like two cups of strong coffee, and I NEVER touch caffeine... So I think my heart is going to explode my stomach hurts and I can't sleep, real fun.... I do wish they made a caffeine free red bull, the taste is delicious and disgusting at the same time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 actually, it wasnt jolt or red bull. he did this like 20 years ago; he drank like 10 cups of green tea and ate about a million chocolate espresso beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandyGurl Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 actually, it wasnt jolt or red bull. he did this like 20 years ago; he drank like 10 cups of green tea and ate about a million chocolate espresso beans Green tea has almost no caffeine or tannin. Thats what I drink. I get mine hand rolled from a mountain in china. I will only drink it if its grown abouve 1000m. I enjoy the art of Cha dao. Also a good Oolong (Oriental beauty) from the same region of china is delightfull, but contains caffeine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Green tea has almost no caffeine or tannin. actually, green tea has quite a bunch of caffeine in it, unless you remove the caffeine, in which case it lacks caffeine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Im addicted to caffeine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandyGurl Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Im addicted to caffeine. Quite caffeine and swith to coca leaves, doesn't last as long, is less jittery.. Make an organic smelling tea... Great for in the AM... I chew the shit raw (Like the the indians of peru.) ****s up your gums though. but not as bad a chewin' backy' or caffine.., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Quite caffeine and swith to coca leaves, doesn't last as long, is less jittery..Make an organic smelling tea... Great for in the AM... I chew the shit raw (Like the the indians of peru.) ****s up your gums though. but not as bad a chewin' backy' or caffine.., I like the long lasting effects of caffeine, helps in the wee hours of the morning when I finally decide to study for my quantitative analysis test thats only few hours away. damn I hate quant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Make an organic smelling tea... Great for in the AM... I chew the shit raw (Like the the indians of peru.) ****s up your gums though. but not as bad a chewin' backy' or caffine.., This explains a lot....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandyGurl Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 This explains a lot....... Alot of what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Alot of what? Your posts make me think of you as "VERY" energetic person. I imagine your practically bouncing off the walls. If you really do chew coca leaves that would explain a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 I prefer the powder form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 "i know somebody who accidently almost killed himself with caffeine. he twitched and could not sleep for days" Rofl. Saw an auction @ eBay for 450g of pure caffeine, that should do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris_73 Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Red Bull is constantly advertised in england also you can make caffeine powder from tea bags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 "Red Bull is constantly advertised in england" Same thing here. We got also Battery, Piranha, B-52, Red Devil, Bullit... I haven't had time to even taste them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latentheat Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 I tried extracting caffeine from tea and coffee several times with poor yields. I think my biggest mistake was using naptha - don't use naptha it really sucks at pulling alkaloids out. I'm gonna try it from coffee at some point with a defatting step with toluene (after acidification with HCl), precipitation of tannins w/ calcium ascorbate, basification and pulling out the freebase with chloroform. Think it will work? I know it's really cheap to just buy but it'd be cool to get good yields of relatively pure crystals from plant material. LOL @ dandygurl...I don't think chewing coca leaves is legal in the US bc of the cocaine content. I'd imagine it would be a great cold remedy though. Numbing of the sore throat and nasal decongestant effects from the CNS stimulation. I'm addicted to caffeine, and it will keep you up ALL night in sufficient quantities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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