[HARMRED] Fwd: IDU question

[peter mahomet]

Hi Sue

On your colleague's question below about the danger of injecting
acetaminophen.

The literature [see websites] suggests that acetaminophen is not dangerous
to inject in small quantities of < 1g, however it is generally used for pain
management/anaesthetic purposes so (a) it would be dangerous to inject too
much and (b) it may interfere with the opiate high/euphoria.  There may be
other issues around solubility as well.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15791113

http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/94/5/642.full

http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/1/95.full

Cheers
Peter


On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:34 AM, sue purchase <sue.purchase at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello All,
> I am forwarding a question I am not sure
> how to answer and I am hoping the panel of experts
> on the list can help.
>
> Thanks Sue
>
> sue purchase
>
> "disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed"
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Sue,
>
> I have a quick harm reduction question for you.  If folks are
> injecting opiate pain pills that include acetaminophen (Vicodin,
> Percocet, etc...), is cold water extraction an effective method of
> removing enough acetaminophen to made the injection safer?
>
> Also, and this may be one of those things we can classify as a stupid
> question, I'm assuming acetaminophen is really dangerous to
> inject...am I correct in assuming this?
>
> Thanks, Sue.  I hope you're well and that you had a blast at the conference
>
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