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madameviolette

madameviolette

Made sick by medical institutions
Oct 9, 2025
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Yes, SN interferes with the ability of the blood to carry oxygen and the brain is very sensitive to drops in oxygen levels. This is why occlusion of the carotid arteries (such as with a hanging or "the pass out game") only limits about 80% of the brain's blood supply. but still causes loss of consciousness.

The same with SN and other methods like carbon monoxide or helium. They prevent the brain from getting oxygenated blood. This will bring on a loss of consciousness.

So when people pass out from taking SN, they are losing consciousness due to cerebral hypoxia. The OP is absolutely correct about that. I just felt a clarification was necessary, as I could see someone reading that and thinking that hypoxia is an event that causes pain. The pain is the result of poisoning the body with nitrite.
So would you say it's painful or painless ?
There's a lot of debate here whether SN is peaceful
 
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Specialist
Oct 23, 2023
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I just felt a clarification was necessary, as I could see someone reading that and thinking that hypoxia is an event that causes pain. The pain is the result of poisoning the body with nitrite.

More specifically, the pain might be due to NO and NO2 production due to the interaction of SN and stomach acid. The solution may be in lessening stomach acid to prevent or limit production of NO and NO2 by taking PPIs, H2 blockers and antacids. I have made a detailed post in this thread on this..

 
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Nightfoot

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Aug 7, 2025
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More specifically, the pain might be due to NO and NO2 production due to the interaction of SN and stomach acid. The solution may be in lessening stomach acid to prevent or limit production of NO and NO2 by taking PPIs, H2 blockers and antacids. I have made a detailed post in this thread on this..

I had read on another post that antacids could slow the absorption of SN, but not sure if that's true.
 
nyotei_

nyotei_

poison tree
Oct 16, 2025
4
I had read on another post that antacids could slow the absorption of SN, but not sure if that's true.
the nitrite method already involves a lot of other substances. without the backing of something like a medical degree, a falsifiable theory, and rigorous testing of the theory, all we have is hearsay until proven otherwise.
 
Hiro Uchiha

Hiro Uchiha

Experienced
Oct 7, 2025
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Agree, simply because hypoxia is generally painless in itself, but i guess it's understandable to feel bad about it when you wake up from it. The events that lead to it can be unpleasant afterall.
 
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I had read on another post that antacids could slow the absorption of SN, but not sure if that's true.
Do you have a link to the post? It will help if we can have some context or if some kind of reasoning is provided. Logically in an alkaline environment, one would expect digestion to slow down, but SN is not like food, it a solution mixed with water.

One feels it shouldn't matter in that case. All that matters is for the solution to pass through to the small intestine where it should be absorbed easily.
 
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hell toupee

Experienced
Sep 9, 2024
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So would you say it's painful or painless ?
There's a lot of debate here whether SN is peaceful

Are you referring to SN? Or cerebral hypoxia?

SN, I don't know - I've read conflicting reports. Some people simply fall asleep without much problem. Others vomit repeatedly (even after the anti-emetic regimen) and complain of stomach and abdominal pain, headaches (from a drop in blood pressure) and a racing heart (tachycardia). I suppose that's why a benzo is recommended beforehand.

I've never actually tried it myself, and am not using SN as my method, but there is a huge mega thread in the resource section you should read if you haven't already.

Cerebral hypoxia, as I said before, in and of itself is not painful. It depends on the method used to induce the hypoxia.
 
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heydude56

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Aug 13, 2025
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So would you say it's painful or painless ?
There's a lot of debate here whether SN is peaceful
It seems that it really depends. It can be pretty painful depending on the person but I think the reason a lot of people seek this method is because 1) all you have to do is drink it so the amount of fear or SI would be much smaller than other conventional methods and 2) it has pretty high success rate
 

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