Posted by sam on March 27, 1999, at 11:54:06
In reply to Re: Lorazepam/Lethal overdose?, posted by saintjames on March 26, 1999, at 14:44:45
> > > You'd be hard pressed to kill yourself by ODing on Ativan or any other benzodiazepine...
> >
> > Not that anyone should try or anything, of course...
> >
> > Bob
>
> James here....
>
> I did some checking as to the human LD-50 but could only find animal ld-50. In terms of mgs/kg
> it is huge. Now that I think this over I realize
> the persons I know who tried to go out on a benzo
> in reality used ethanol plus many other pills.
>
> Using benzos alone or with ethanol it would surely
> take a huge dose. I know some who have tried this
> which makes for a nasty hangover along with dealing with the fact that you just tried to kill yourself. Sorry I jumped the gun on this....I have a friend who almost died on Xanax and I forgot that he had taken a whole medicine cab.
> of pills plus Xanax and ethanol. It was a long time ago and one tries to forget these happenings
> and more one.James,
Right ;-)
And I suppose that Dr. K is not an option these days...
If a revolver is used, should the bullet be a hollow point? Seems I read somewhere that a hollow point doesn't have a clean exit but ricochets around doing LOTS of damage. Guess it would be helpful to be sitting out in the middle of nowhere so that, if death were not immediate, one would eventually bleed to death? Better to go through the roof of the mouth or try for the heart?
poster:sam
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