I wanted to try half a teaspoon of baking soda mixed with water before taking my dexedrine to see if it really does make it last longer.

However, it kind of scared me reading some information of peoples stomachs exploding from taking baking soda. :eek:

Is it possible to damage anything with just half a teaspoon of baking soda? It seems pretty safe to me and I want to try it...

This sounds like a job for MythBusters......

This sounds like a job for MythBusters......

Source: http://tafkac.org/medical/stomach_rupture_baking_soda.html

ingestion.
SO J-Clin-Gastroenterol. 1986 Aug. 8(4). P 454-6. AB Spontaneous rupture of the normal stomach is an unusual and highly lethal

event. We present a case of spontaneous rupture of a normal stomach
after ingestion of sodium bicarbonate, and review the seven similar cases
previously reported. Author-abstract.

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So, I dunno :confused:

Medline actually warns you to talk to your medical professional before taking Dex with baking soda (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a605027.html)

There's one website that states:
Anything that reduces stomach acid or that increases the alkalinity of your stomach increases the absorption of amphetamines & lessens urinary excretion thus prolonging its duration of action.

There's also discussion about it here: http://www.addforums.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-31285.html

That fact is...taking any substance, for the purpose of increasing the effects of a medication can be considered by some to be abusing that med. If the med isn't working as it should for you, please talk to your doc about adjusting your prescribed dosage or med. Using substances to increase effectiveness in the short term, could cause reduced effectiveness at your prescribed levels...thus leading to a vicious cycle of use/abuse.

Thing is, I'd rather not have to take a second dose of my medication, thus increasing my tolerance and overall costs. If a half a teaspoon of baking soda ends up making it last longer, thus preventing me from doubling the dose, I don't see the issue.

Sure it can be considered as abuse by some. I consider it just to be increasing the effectiveness of the med. I'm not taking it to get high or anything.

A little baking soda from time to time is no big deal (and great for heartburn) but I'm not sure it's a good idea on a daily basis.

You can also get some good information regarding that from your pharmacist. They are also chemists.

Too much sodium!

Try Tums (calcium).

It seems pretty safe to me and I want to try it...

I don' t think that the amount of CO2 that half a teaspoon full of baking soda can produce can do anything like damaging your stomach. I would say that it could maybe give you a burp or two :)

but lol, it is indeed a good case for Mythbusters. I love that program. One of the strongholds of Pure Scientific Thinking in a demon-haunted world.

Too bad I don't have cable ...

The quack health fad of eating an alkalizing diet has made urine pH test strips common. You might want to test your urine to see if your really making your urine basic.
Oh if your tempted to follow the suggested diet the fad uses it might reduce absorption of dexedrine. Because its high in acidic substances like citric acid that are initially acidic but might metabolize to basic later.

Anything that reduces stomach acid or that increases the alkalinity of your stomach increases the absorption of amphetamines & lessens urinary excretion thus prolonging its duration of action that could be a cure for bladder control too :-)
if your belly doesn't blow up...

You might want to try something besides bicarb - most antacids give you extra calcium instead of extra sodium.

That said, I've found that antacids do work pretty well. They seem to increase the effects of amphetamines - particularly the side effects. Expect jitters and cold hands shortly after taking the CaCO3. Duration goes up moderately, but it seems like the side effects last MUCH longer than usual -- like maybe the levo-isomers are affected more. Or something.

I just take magnesium suppliments and that seems to work nicely, and it's something I need to do anyway.