Death by visine poisoning

[Mistress Death]

There is an article out there and a post here about a woman getting arrested for murdering her husband by putting drops of visine in his drinks over a few days. I've been trying to find the symptoms of tetrahydrozoline, but to no avail yet. If anyone has done research or knows of any info on this, please share. Thanks :)
Here's the article: https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-wom...her-husband-by-putting-eye-drops-in-his-water

 

[Jen Erik]

Per https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002590.htm

Symptoms of poisoning may include:

⁃ Coma
⁃ Difficulty breathing or no breathing
⁃ Blurred vision, change in pupil size
⁃ Blue lips and fingernails
⁃ Fast or slow heartbeat, changes in blood pressure (high at first, low later)
⁃ Headache
⁃ Irritability
⁃ Low body temperature
⁃ Nausea and vomiting
⁃ Nervousness, tremors
⁃ Seizures
⁃ Weakness

 

[Mistress Death]

There also doesn't seem to be an ld50. Has anyone found info on that?

 

[Lettam]

This is the best I could locate. Tetrahydrozoline is Visine.

Tetrahydrozoline (hydrochloride) - Toxicity Data: Oral TDLO (child): 175 mg/kg; Oral LD50 (rat): 785 mg/kg; Intraperitoneal LD50 (rat): 122 mg/kg; Subcutaneous LD50 (rat): 500 mg/kg; Oral LD50 (mouse): 345 mg/kg; Oral LD50 (mouse): 345 mg/kg; Intraperitoneal LD50 (mouse): 110 mg/kg;

edit:

So, we're talking about an LD50 (50% probability of Dose being Lethal) of:



8-lb baby: 2½ to 5½ liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 85 and 193 one-fluid ounce bottles.



160-lb adult: 50 to 114 liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 1,694 and 3,853 one-fluid ounce bottles.

 

[Kyrok]

There also doesn't seem to be an ld50. Has anyone found info on that?

785mg/kg, oral, rat

www.caymanchem.com/msdss/23004m.pdf

 

[Mistress Death]

This is the best I could locate. Tetrahydrozoline is Visine.



edit:

So, we're talking about an LD50 (50% probability of Dose being Lethal) of:



8-lb baby: 2½ to 5½ liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 85 and 193 one-fluid ounce bottles.



160-lb adult: 50 to 114 liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 1,694 and 3,853 one-fluid ounce bottles.

It was unclear in the article how much fluid she put in his drink, but from the sound of it, it wasn't that much.

 

[Lettam]

It was unclear in the article how much fluid she put in his drink, but from the sound of it, it wasn't that much.

Hmm it sounds like this happened over multiple days and the dude was in his mid-60s, wish there was more info.

A South Carolina woman has been charged with murder and unlawful malicious tampering of food after she allegedly admitted to killing her husband by putting eye drops in his water over several days

...poisoned her 64-year-old husband Steven by spiking his water with the drops.

 

[Meretlein]

This is the best I could locate. Tetrahydrozoline is Visine.



edit:

So, we're talking about an LD50 (50% probability of Dose being Lethal) of:



8-lb baby: 2½ to 5½ liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 85 and 193 one-fluid ounce bottles.



160-lb adult: 50 to 114 liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 1,694 and 3,853 one-fluid ounce bottles.

F

 

[Awe]

This is the best I could locate. Tetrahydrozoline is Visine.



edit:

So, we're talking about an LD50 (50% probability of Dose being Lethal) of:



8-lb baby: 2½ to 5½ liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 85 and 193 one-fluid ounce bottles.



160-lb adult: 50 to 114 liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 1,694 and 3,853 one-fluid ounce bottles.

Damn. So youd have to drink 2000 bottles of the stuff for it to be ld?

 

[Mistress Death]

It was unclear in the article how much fluid she put in his drink, but from the sound of it, it wasn't that much.

 

[Awe]

It was unclear in the article how much fluid she put in his drink, but from the sound of it, it wasn't that much.

It's a very rare case though; there have been many other poisonings all of which didn't lead to anything more than a hospital visit

 

[Mistress Death]

It's a very rare case though; there have been many other poisonings all of which didn't lead to anything more than a hospital visit

Ah well. That's unfortunate then.

 

[Philip]

Damn. So youd have to drink 2000 bottles of the stuff for it to be ld?

That be really expensive.....

 

[angie]

i read a case of twin midget wrestlers who were drugged and died by visine drops, given to them both by two fake prostitutes who wanted to rob them.you can look it up on the internet

 

[Morphinekiss]

I know a bartender who used to put a few drops in someone's drink if they were being an asshole, just to give them uncontrollable diarrhea.

Certainly can't imagine it being a pleasant way to go.

 

[angie]

I know a bartender who used to put a few drops in someone's drink if they were being an asshole, just to give them uncontrollable diarrhea.

Certainly can't imagine it being a pleasant way to go.

Apparently it's a myth about bad diorrhea it doesn't give you that . but makes you sick , light headed etc etc

 

[purplemoon]

This is the best I could locate. Tetrahydrozoline is Visine.



edit:

So, we're talking about an LD50 (50% probability of Dose being Lethal) of:



8-lb baby: 2½ to 5½ liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 85 and 193 one-fluid ounce bottles.



160-lb adult: 50 to 114 liters of Visine (0.05% API)

This is between 1,694 and 3,853 one-fluid ounce bottles.

Oh wow... 3000 approximate 1 ounce bottles? I guess my little half ounce wouldn't send me to the bus station anytime soon or would be a laughable attempt to catch the bus.

I guess I'll just throw it away now.

That figures, just my luck. Thank you for helping me not waste any effort on that with your valuable mathematics. I am not very good at this.
Maybe I just need to move to Switzerland or something.

I know a bartender who used to put a few drops in someone's drink if they were being an asshole, just to give them uncontrollable diarrhea.

Certainly can't imagine it being a pleasant way to go.

Damn. So youd have to drink 2000 bottles of the stuff for it to be ld?

Wow, So that would cost around $9000? And how many years and Can you imagine the look on the store clerk's face when you try to ring up a couple of thousand Visine bottles? Lol... to collect the median range number of about 2,500 one ounce bottles of Visine?

Back to the drawing board.

 

[LonelyLight]

I read an article today about a husband who poisoned his wife with eye drops.. death was treated non suspicious until her mother asked for tests to be done.. her heart just stopped from it apparently

 

[purplemoon]

I read an article today about a husband who poisoned his wife with eye drops.. death was treated non suspicious until her mother asked for tests to be done.. her heart just stopped from it apparently

It's so sad when these people murder their own husband, wife, relative, etc. it's like can't they just get a divorce? And they're always caught, they are evil and they're also idiots. I just don't understand it.

To catch the bus though, it looks like many people are saying it would take a couple of thousand 1 ounce bottles, unless I misunderstood something.

Doesn't really seem like the Way to go over a period of many days anyway. I'd rather catch my bus within a few hours or less.

 

[LonelyLight]

It's so sad when these people murder their own husband, wife, relative, etc. it's like can't they just get a divorce? And they're always caught, they are evil and they're also idiots. I just don't understand it.

To catch the bus though, it looks like many people are saying it would take a couple of thousand 1 ounce bottles, unless I misunderstood something.

Doesn't really seem like the Way to go over a period of many days anyway. I'd rather catch my bus within a few hours or less.

He collected two life insurance policies afterwards.. so much greed in the world.
To be honest I have no idea. The article made it sound like this stuff was lethal once ingested. Never mentioned that it was done over time.

 

[dmsdnd18]

I read an article today about a husband who poisoned his wife with eye drops.. death was treated non suspicious until her mother asked for tests to be done.. her heart just stopped from it apparently

I saw that too and wondered more about it

 

[Mizzmini45]

It's so sad when these people murder their own husband, wife, relative, etc. it's like can't they just get a divorce? And they're always caught, they are evil and they're also idiots. I just don't understand it.

To catch the bus though, it looks like many people are saying it would take a couple of thousand 1 ounce bottles, unless I misunderstood something.

Doesn't really seem like the Way to go over a period of many days anyway. I'd rather catch my bus within a few hours or less.

My tax accountant teacher who is also a divorce lawyer told me some marriages you can't get out of because of financial ruin they will follow them for the rest of their life. They are essentially trapped.

 

[Mizzmini45]

My tax accountant teacher who is also a divorce lawyer told me some marriages you can't get out of because of financial ruin they will follow them for the rest of their life. They are essentially trapped.

Yea have u ever looked at those crime shows. These marriages are contracts and I saw some end in murder. It ain't no type of joke