SN. Why exactly 25g?

[shame]

Does anybody know why stan dosage of SN should be 25g?

 

[willitpass]

Obviously it's meant to be high enough to be lethal, but it's also meant to not be so high as to cause rapid onset vomiting. The idea is that if you overdo it your body will reject it more quickly.

 

[vanillamilkshakes]

There was a case of a nurse who died after only accidentally taking 1g of sodium nitrite, the idea of 25g is to flood your body with it, so if you throw up it still has a high chance of being lethal.

 

[TennTrixie]

There was a case of a nurse who died after only accidentally taking 1g of sodium nitrite, the idea of 25g is to flood your body with it, so if you throw up it still has a high chance of being lethal.

How do you really take SN by accident? Do you have a link to an article about it?

 

[Nikitatos]

The 25g can go higher or lower depending on body weight. If you obese, you take more. If you're tiny, you take less.

 

[shame]

Thanks!
Yes, I'm really tiny. That's why I'm considering taking less..
But everyone advice to take not less than 25g. Vomiting is my bigger fear cause of pretty hight dosage.

 

[vanillamilkshakes]

Fatal methaemoglobinaemia in a dental nurse. A case of sodium nitrite poisoning.

Methaemoglobinaemia may be caused by ingestion of a number of drugs, among them nitrites, some of which are remarkably toxic. This was tragically highlighted by the death of a 17 year old dental nurse after taking a single 1 g tablet of sodium nitrite. ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

How do you really take SN by accident? Do you have a link to an article about it?