Loof Lirpa

[cellio]

I am profoundly disappointed, but not at all surprised, to find that this caffeine inhaler is not real. (Link from rani23.)

Comments

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Shoot. Because, you know?

Kosher for Yom Kippur

[cellio]

My first thought, too. (My second: hey, no more need for aspertame!)

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

If you can take pills without water or if you have medications you already need to take with water and cannot skip - caffeine pills.

They help.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

How could you tell it was fake?

[cellio]

Try buying some.

[cellio]

Alas, neither is true for me.

[sethcohen.livejournal.com]

Would you like me to walk over to the School of Pharmacy tomorrow and ask if Dr. Dalby can make you one? I doubt he could get 150mg of caffeine into each puff, but I doubt he'd need to...

[cellio]

Ooh. *drool* Thank you!

Potency per puff isn't critical, unless there's a low limit on the number of puffs. If something akin to a cup of coffee or a can of Coke is achievable, that's great. (The other question, of course, is what such a thing would cost.)

[sethcohen.livejournal.com]

Alright...I dropped him an email (no saying whether it's spring break or not, so I might as well let email handle it) to point him to the link. I asked him the feasibility, but didn't ask him the price. He's a prototype maker, not a production-line specialist.

Reply from Dr. Dalby

[sethcohen.livejournal.com]

Hello Seth,

Believe it or not I made caffeine inhalers years ago as a graduate student - tasted terrible, and not nearly so popular as my bourbon and 7 up inhalers! The latter were popular on ski trips since the tasted great, had the desired effect, and were never confiscated by puritan Ski Patrol members! I had a who range available, and best of all, they functioned well as lock deicers - I once had the Dean of the KY SOP come to the lab and ask for one - he claimed for the latter purpose.

With and MDI you're pushing it at 5mg. A DPI might get you to 40mg in one puff.

Take care,

Richard

Re: Reply from Dr. Dalby

[cellio]

Thanks for asking. Bummer about the taste.

Bourbon and 7Up, eh? He sounds like a fun student. :-)

Re: Reply from Dr. Dalby

[sethcohen.livejournal.com]

Eh, I'm not surprised about the taste. After all, caffeine citrate is pretty bitter. You can also put it in skin cream. mmm...hydrating caffeine!

I'll bet he was a fun student. I doubt he's a man who would turn down a pint.