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  • lilsensa
    DUDERZ get a life!!!
    • Jun 2004
    • 6675

    Death by caffeine.

    So, how much caffeine would it take??

    Not sure how these figures were reached, or even the validity of the findings. Just thought this was fun..

    Caffeine dangers, benefits, and safety. Find the caffeine amounts in energy drinks, coffee, tea, soda, and food with our extensive interactive database.
    Last edited by lilsensa; March 20, 2007, 05:33:03 PM.
    RIP ~ Steve James







  • day_for_night
    Are you Kidding me??
    • Jun 2004
    • 4127

    #2
    Re: Death by caffeine.

    only 137 cans of red bull...

    i'd be curious to see what LD50 they're basing that on

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    • Jayson
      Addiction started
      • Nov 2004
      • 296

      #3
      Re: Death by caffeine.

      Is this 137 in an hour? A day? A single night out? What are they basing this off of?!
      Piss off you phucking wanksters!

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      • lilsensa
        DUDERZ get a life!!!
        • Jun 2004
        • 6675

        #4
        Re: Death by caffeine.

        ^^Exactly.....
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        • Miroslav
          WHOA I can change this!1!
          • Apr 2006
          • 4122

          #5
          Re: Death by caffeine.

          ^^^ In order for it to make medical sense, it should probably mean that you'd drink those 137 red bulls in such a time frame so that the active ingredient volume from all of the red bull cans is inside your body at once. So, you'd have to drink em pretty damn fast.
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          • day_for_night
            Are you Kidding me??
            • Jun 2004
            • 4127

            #6
            Re: Death by caffeine.

            the only way they'd be able to measure it is a single dosage of caffeine, so it'd be all at once (within like half an hour). pretty sure the amount of liquid you'd need to drink would kill you before the caffeine.

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            • SyntaxTerror
              Occupation: Playtex Sales
              • Jun 2004
              • 964

              #7
              Re: Death by caffeine.

              I inject my red bull. How does this affect the numbers?
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              • KinKyJ
                Platinum Poser
                • Jun 2004
                • 13438

                #8
                Re: Death by caffeine.

                Originally posted by day_for_night
                only 137 cans of red bull...

                i'd be curious to see what LD50 they're basing that on
                If it's worth anything, they've based themselves on the MSDS file for caffeine: http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/CA/caffeine.html

                ORL-RAT LD50 192 mg kg-1
                IPR-RAT LD50 260 mg kg-1
                IVN-RAT LD50 105 mg kg-1
                IVN-WMN LDLO 57 mg kg-1
                ORL-CHD LDLO 320 mg kg-1
                ORL-HMN LDLO 192 mg kg-1
                SCU-RAT LD50 170 mg kg-1
                IPR-GPG LDLO 220 mg kg-1

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                • FM
                  Wooooooo!
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 5361

                  #9
                  Re: Death by caffeine.

                  yea it's mainly all at once/within a small time frame...although it's pretty spot on on the 1gram bit...shaking/trembling, nerves shattered, hallucinations and the like can happen...you'd need to drop a few caffeine pills to achieve that (most have ~200mg/pill in them), as it would hit you quickly being concentrated vs. liquid in a drink.
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                  • White_Hindu
                    Getting Somewhere
                    • Dec 2004
                    • 165

                    #10
                    Re: Death by caffeine.

                    I think it takes over 20 grams, so that's multiple blister packs of pure caffeine pills.

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                    • FM
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                      • Jun 2004
                      • 5361

                      #11
                      Re: Death by caffeine.

                      20g and you'd be long dead...
                      FM

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                      • day_for_night
                        Are you Kidding me??
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 4127

                        #12
                        Re: Death by caffeine.

                        Originally posted by FM
                        20g and you'd be long dead...
                        not according to these numbers

                        Originally posted by KinKyJ
                        If it's worth anything, they've based themselves on the MSDS file for caffeine: http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/CA/caffeine.html

                        ORL-RAT LD50 192 mg kg-1
                        IPR-RAT LD50 260 mg kg-1
                        IVN-RAT LD50 105 mg kg-1
                        IVN-WMN LDLO 57 mg kg-1
                        ORL-CHD LDLO 320 mg kg-1
                        ORL-HMN LDLO 192 mg kg-1
                        SCU-RAT LD50 170 mg kg-1
                        IPR-GPG LDLO 220 mg kg-1
                        if you use the IPR-RAT LD50 of 260mg per kg, that means that it would take 20800mg (or 20.8 grams) to kill 50% of a group of 80kg humans. half would survive that dosage, half wouldn't (which is what LD 50 means...what it takes to kill half a population).

                        there is no doubt though, that it would be an awful way to go. i know what i feel like if i have one too many cups of coffee...can't imagine what an OD would be like.

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