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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like that the sign says "will" kill you, not "could".

[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it said “could”, most people would think “probably not me, though”.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Local anesthetics with vasoconstrictors should be used with care in patients taking methamphetamine because they may result in cardiac dysrhythmias, myocardial infarction, and cerebrovascular accident.

Dang.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For some reason "cerebrovascular accident" sounds so funny to me, it's like "uh oh, seems like my brainy-veiny did an oopsie-whoopsie".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't make mistakes, we just have happy accidents

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A minor infarction.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What about aderall and vyvanse?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I had to be put under with local anaesthesia for a septoplasty and they said I couldn't take Vyvanse. I wasn't going to anyway, it increases your blood pressure. But still good that they tell you.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m happy the other person hasn’t had issues, but my dentist called me to let me know they couldn’t put me under because of my prescription… which is Adderall and Vyvanse.

May have just been the Adderall, maybe it was both, but I don’t like going under anyway and was going to use local anesthesia, regardless.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Adderall and Vyvanse are essentially the same drug. You're on both?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (7 children)

They are related drugs with similar profiles, but they are not the same drug. Vyvanse is Lisdexamfetamine, which is a pro-drug, that your body converts into dextroamphetamine. This can have a big impact on some people, either making the drugs more or less tolerable. Actual metabolic rates for drugs can be significantly different from person to person.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yup. Adderall alone was too much, Vyvanse alone was too little. A max dosage of one and a smidge if the other during the middle of the day if needed?

Just right.

Edit: to go with what the other person said - my metabolism is really fast and I typically run “hot.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting approach. I myself use a non -stimulant (atomoxetine) daily with a supplement of Adderall as needed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've been put under multiple times and am on vyvanse, no one has ever said anything to me about it and I've never had issues.

I can't say that I've ever had it raise my blood pressure, either, like @thedrivingcrooner (no idea if I did that mention right) said they were told, but I have excruciatingly low blood pressure normally so it's possible the doctors just didn't consider it a potential issue in my case. I wish it would raise my blood pressure lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I had the same thought. I always disclose my meds first, but if you're taking them but not prescribed I'd still tell them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Kill You with a capital "K"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We call it “ice” in Australia 😝 random trivia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

(and China)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There was a girl in my sixth grade class named Yaba and I never thought "well she looks like a tall pile of crystal meth"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Good thing I only use Ice

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I wonder about other amphetamines. Because there's some things you can take turn into amphetamines when your body processes them, IIRC. There are also medications that are in the same family. I suspect that while people do usually tell their dentist what medications they're taking when prompted, some people are kind of flaky and forget, while other people might have a reason in their head not to. But, not everybody thinks to disclose stuff like "supplements" which are unregulated, variably legal, and could also pose a health risk if they qualify for this particular scenario. Good of them to tell people that though. I never knew that and I've gotten lots of dental work done, although, I've never done hard drugs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know this isn't what you meant, but I choose to read this as you calling meth a "supplement"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's a nootropic, bro

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hell, they still prescribe meth in some instances. It's called Desoxyn. Adderall, a drug so commonly used right now there's a shortage (or was, very recently), is a strong amphetamine. They're used for a quite a lot medically, and all have similar effects on the body by definition.

The issue at play here is amphetamines are doing a number on vasoconstriction and heart contractility, which then boosts heart rate and BP. This increases the chance of all that fun stuff like ischemic/hemorrhagic stroke, heart attack, or a dangerous dysrhythmia. When you add in anesthesia that has similar effects (vasoconstriction), you massively increase the odds of a complication. Thats without considering the already existing damage likely present in those abusing drugs of this sort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not a lot of people realise that the lidocaine you get at the dentists also contains epinephrine to make it last long. Which can play merry hell with your blood pressure. I can't have epinephrine for other medical reasons besides the way it messes with your blood pressure and honestly I prefer it, I'm numb long enough to do the surgery and it's all gone in half an hour or so instead of a numb face for half the day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lidocaine and epi are an interesting combo. There is a lot of literature on where and when they can be used in conjunction and where they absolutely cannot be used together. Anesthesia is a very complex subject and super intriguing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I always mention vitamins and stuff, just in case. No matter what, I will not lie to my doctor in any situation, it's one of my rules of life

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, I guess you know what part of the city you're in when you have that appointment with this dentist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a fairly standard thing for dentists to advertise, at least where I am. I've been to multiple dentists that had similar signs or very prominent warnings on the paperwork you sign in the waiting room. These were all suburban dentists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wow! I have been absent from the United States for a long time (I'm assuming this is from the USA, where I'm from). What a thing! I had no idea this was typical back home. I guess it's a good thing. I mean, it prevents death, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's specific to certain parts of the USA. Probably parts of California and Alabama, if I had to guess. The USA is very big and very diverse, which you know because you're from there, so to suggest it's a USA thing is oddly qualified.

Where I live, I've never seen this. Does meth exist around here? Sure. Is it rampant? No. We do heroin round these parts, and we die from the fentanyl in it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wasn't referring to the posting of the sign as a practice, I was referring to the photo, meaning that I assume that the photo was taken in the USA. Yes, I am originally from the USA. Maine, to be exact. I haven't been back home in about ten years. Anyway, I was referring to the place where the photo was taken, not the local customs.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Better to have that sign up, I guess, than to have a corpse rolled through your lobby.

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