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Why does THC cause some people's hearts to race..and is this bad?
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| xstalkrx |
For a lot of people, THC causes the heart to race. Is this bad for the heart?
Cocaine does the same thing, yet, we know for sure cocaine is detremental for the heart.
Why is it that we ignore the fact that THC causes the heart to speed up unnaturally as well? |
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| Lilith |
| Put down the bong, step away from the keyboard and relax |
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| Spacey Orange |
| bad for the heart? nooooo. it just means that it's working. |
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| xstalkrx |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spacey Orange
bad for the heart? nooooo. it just means that it's working. |
So the same argument could be made for cocaine...or meth...or anything else that speeds up the heart.
For the record, I'm not high....but I am concerned about future use. |
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| barbina |
| My heart goes insane when I smoke.. which is why I dont anymore. if it happens to you then dont do it. if it doesnt.. keep puffin away ;) |
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| Renzo |
It's probably a mixture of the person's state of mind, brain chemicals, and his/her tolerance for THC. My friend has smoked dank every day for 15 years, and he told me weeks ago he has never felt even remotely bad from smoking. Never. He smokes a lot, too. At one sitting. A lot.
State of mind is crucial, as well. If you feel like you may get sick, you will get sick. I don't smoke anymore, but if I smoked as much as he did, I would probably die. See what I mean? I would only die because I think I would die. This is fun! |
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| xstalkrx |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renzo
It's probably a mixture of the person's state of mind, brain chemicals, and his/her tolerance for THC. My friend has smoked dank every day for 15 years, and he told me weeks ago he has never felt even remotely bad from smoking. Never. He smokes a lot, too. At one sitting. A lot.
State of mind is crucial, as well. If you feel like you may get sick, you will get sick. I don't smoke anymore, but if I smoked as much as he did, I would probably die. See what I mean? I would only die because I think I would die. This is fun! |
perhaps he is one of those people whose heart is not effected.
I am wondering if the increase in heart rate is benign for those that experience it. This increase in heart rate, at least for me, comes WITHOUT having anxiety or worry about it. It just happens. |
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| Enigmatic XTC |
| THC does have some stimulant qualities to it. But if you heart starts racing out of control and then you freak out about it and other things start to happen like hyperventilation, feeling dizzy, etc., thats a panic attack. |
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| Zoso |
The most consistent physiological sign is an increased pulse rate (Mendelson et al., 1972; Johnson and Domino, 1971; Renault et al., 1971; Galanter et al., 1972; Domino, 1970; Hollister et al., 1968 Manno et al., 1970; Mayor's Committee 1944; Waskow et al., 1970; Isbell and Jasinski, 1969; Meyer et al., 1971; Weil et al., 1968; Jones and Stone, 1970; Clark and Nakashima, 1968). This does not appear to be a direct drug effect on the heart (Manno et al., 1970). Instead, the drug appears to cause complex changes in the autonomic nerves regulating heart rate. Thus, Kiplinger et al. (1971) demonstrated that the increase produced by marihuana in heart rate is prevented by pretreatment with a Beta-sympathetic nervous system blocking agent, propranolol. A comparable increase rate was produced by treatment with isoprotemol, a Beta-sympathetic like drug. One subject developed an abnormal bigeminal rhythm after both marihuana and isoproternol.
Renault et al. (1971) noted a consistent effect of marihuana on the cardiac rhythm which also produced an increased heart rate. The effect was the suppression of the normal sinus arrhythmia usually produced by respiration. Respiration usually produces a slowing of heart rate mediated by the vagal parasympathetic nerve supply. This depression of normal vagal tone was further evidenced by the absence of heart rate slowing during forced expiration against a closed glotis (valsalva maneuver). This effect seemed to wax and wane over several minutes producing alternate periods of rapid and slowed heart rate.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer...ies/nc/nc1e.htm |
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| XaNaX |
| just eat some benzos before you smoke, problem solved |
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| leph555 |
| no way its not supposed to be racing, its supposed to stop! |
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| Fibonacci |
| it's very likely that the heart is racing, and you just don't feel it. It doesn't always feel like palpatations. I appreciate my good health so I don't touch any of that junk. |
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