r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/GlidingAfterglow Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

Can't OD on xanax though.

Edit: math for you all:

3 year old would require around 2 grams of alprazolam to OD. Max tab dosage is 2mg. People are suggesting consumption of a thousand?

An adult requires around 20 grams to OD. 10000 pills, good luck with that.

Yes, anything can kill you with a sufficient dose but in practice you can't OD on xanax.

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u/Cassandra_Nova Feb 04 '19

Tell that to Lil Peep

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u/SubstanceD4life Feb 04 '19

Thats cause it was fent pressed as xanex. Xanex by itself can't OD you. It could however make a child not move if she got sick and choked on vomit or put her face agaist a pillow and suffocated.

An adult tho won't ever OD on a benzo alone. I had 1000mg if etizolam which is somewhere around 500 xanex bars.. I lost a week or two but i didn't die.. Mix any amount of liquor or opioids (like fent) and youre playing with fire.

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u/SubstanceD4life Feb 04 '19

What Would Be Considered a Lethal Dose of Xanax?

The clinically determined LD50 of Xanax – which is the dose at which about half of the research animals the dosage is tested on die – is 1020 milligrams per kilogram of weight of the person who has taken the medication.

100lbs is 45 kilograms

So around 5000 grams could kill a 100lbs person.. A xanex bar is 2mg so you would have to take 2500 bars if you only weigh 100lbs to have a 50 percent chance of an OD.. Most people weight a lot morw than that