Severe methemoglobinemia and death from *intentional* Sodium Nitrite ingestions

[Freakazette]

Just found this article: https://www.jem-journal.com/article/S0736-4679(20)30580-1/fulltext , however it states the following thing:

"The estimated doses ingested ranged from 15 grams to 113 grams, with one patient surviving after an ingestion of 60 grams."

 

[moonchild]

It's paywalled so I haven't read it, but just saying someone survived 60g doesn't mean anything. Technically, you'd probably survive any amount of SN you take right outside a hospital. The 60g-person is completely irrelevant unless we know how soon they got medical help.

 

[jensrij7]

I wonder why he survived, did he got treatmant early?

 

[Freakazette]

I wonder why he survived, did he got treatmant early?

Yup.

 

[Meditation guide]

The estimated doses ingested ranged from 15 grams to 113 grams, with one patient surviving after an ingestion of 60 grams. The highest documented methemoglobin level was 73%. The 2 patients who survived received methylene blue early in their clinical course. One patient required higher doses of methylene blue compared with other cases of nitrite-associated methemoglobinemia. In the patients who survived, all symptoms resolved within 24 h.

So the two who survived received early treatment at a hospital.

 

[sm20]

Just found this article: https://www.jem-journal.com/article/S0736-4679(20)30580-1/fulltext , however it states the following thing:

"The estimated doses ingested ranged from 15 grams to 113 grams, with one patient surviving after an ingestion of 60 grams."

From what I've read taking doses over 25g doesn't increase the odds you die, it increases the odds you vomit. If you do everything you're supposed to and don't get caught mid overdose it's near guaranteed death.

 

[Freakazette]

From what I've read taking doses over 25g doesn't increase the odds you die, it increases the odds you vomit. If you do everything you're supposed to and don't get caught mid overdose it's near guaranteed death.

Hopefully so!

I want death to be definite when reaching out to it... Even more so, if it's painful!