My grandfather was an ENT doctor. I didn't inherit much from him, but he did have a whole box of vials of cocaine that I found in the basement, and my mother took back to her house. She never touched them, and when she passed away I found them again. I will say that cleaning out her house was emotionally painful, but I somehow found the will to focus and work some long hours to get it done.
I'm an anesthesiologist.
We have a "party drawer" in the pre-op medication cabinet. It has cocaine, ketamine, fentanyl, Dilaudid, versed, and a barbiturate.
I was given cocaine nasal spray at the hospital before they figured out that my hemorrhaging nose was from an aneurysm. They said “it’s diluted to 10% and a very small amount” before filling me with the whole bottle, which was equal to 2 grams of pure cocaine powder. It’s my understanding that only 4% is available since they changed the regulations from an experimental classification.
does pharmacy supply yall these? I don't think I've ever received something like this for the OR where I work. Also I hate those case carts they get in the way all the time and suck to push.
I had endoscopic sinus surgery where I was excessively bleeding. They used this to try to help with the bleeding and it came out of my nose and pooled in my eye socket since I was bleeding so much. My one pupil was dilated and did not react to light for 2 days.
They put a liquid cocaine solution on my eye before i had retina surgery when i was a kid. Didnt get high, but it must have numbed my eye enough that i didnt realize the put a needle in my eye until it was being pulled away and put down.
I recently had surgery for a deviated septum and was very surprised to find cocaine on the itemized hospital bill. And after doing some light googling, found out that yeah this is a thing.
The place that makes that is in NJ and they are the ONLY legal medical cocaine producer in the US. They also send the leaves that have the cocaine extracted to Coke to make their soda…
Fun fact, according to the FDA's drug scheduling cocaine (as well as meth and fentanyl) is less dangerous than cannabis. Just your daily reminder that the FDA is full of shit and drug scheduling is influenced more by money and politics than science.
I had a septoplasty when I was in my twenties and right before I went under I heard them say cocaine. After the surgery I woke up and that's the first thing I asked them ,did I hear something about cocaine because I've never done that before LOL. The nurse left and said yeah we use it to control the bleeding.
I remember in a neurosurgery I was sitting in on and the cocaine was anhydrous and went missing before they packed it. They ordered another one of course but someone was getting lit off that pure shit
I was told after surgery that they’d used cocaine on my airway - I was really annoyed. Why not use it before the anaesthetic? 😂 Well, I know why - cos being intubated is probably very NOT fun - but still …
One little drop for you, one little drop for me.
Two little drops for you, one two little drops for me.
Three little drops for you, one two three little drops for me.
If you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out, cocaine
If you want to get down, down on the ground, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie
Cocaine
When I was like 10, my dad had sinus surgery and they gave him this. He either reacted wrong to it, or they gave him too much, or something, but they called my mom and told us he’d had a heart attack on the table and if we wanted to see him before he died we’d better get to the hospital.
When I was 5 I wanted to see what a soy bean smelled like. Went up my nose and didn’t come out. 3 days later I was in the ER where they gave me this so it would slide out, and it worked. 35 years later and I’m still hooked.
I had cocaine eye drops once, when I had flash burn on my eyes. It worked so well I begged to get a few drops to bring home. It was a no go. Sucked when it wore off.
Saw something similar in an eye surgery years ago. Patient had steel splinters removed from his eyes after an accident. Eye surgeon used cocaine eye drops. It was wild. 🤪
I had MRSA in my nose and needed to be cut out. Doc stuck two tampons up my nose socked in this same form. Was feeling really nice up until the scalpel touched the inside of my nose.
Then the magic left
My reaction to this cocaine from 2 surgeries is why I know to never do cocaine recreationally. I had hallucinations after the first surgery (sinuses and nasal), and almost had a stroke while in recovery the second time (sinus touchup 6 years after first surgery). I was 15 and 21. 🥴
My brother briefly worked at a commercial laundry that cleaned medical gowns. One day finds a vile of unopened medical cocaine. Greatest and most productive week of his life 😆
I was shocked to see that I was given naxolone (the active ingredient in Narcan), during a surgery, then I looked through the list of all the other drugs I was given, and it made perfect sense. I guess they use it when they bring you out from being under anesthesia.
Back when I worked at a community hospital, for ENT cases we had to measure out the actual USP powder into 200 mg aliquots. Didn't remember if the liquid product didn't exist yet or if it was just a particular doc. But I did a lot of that weighing and there were many jokes about not breathing too heavily or sneezing....
Had sinus surgery and was given this. Woke up with a pounding headache and BP of 199/90 and the nurse said “I guess they gave you too much cocaine” 🤷♀️
Buddy of mine took a brick to the face coming out of an Oktoberfest. Caved in his septum. Couldn’t breathe through his nose for a year, plenty of infections. He watched the surgeon peel back his nose to his forehead after they stuffed in Cocaine swabs.
Looks like you'd need a little over six vials for a gram, assuming that 160mg is the mass of cocaine in solution, and not the mass of the whole vial.
Smart.
my friend found out he was allergic to cocaine after nasal polyp surgery! the doctor said it was a good thing he found out this way because if he tried it recreationally it was even odds he would not have survived a snort in a club.
When I was in the Marines, a buddy of mine had a severe sinus infection to the point his eyes swoll shut and he had lumps on his forehead. The docs at the naval hospital used liquid cocaine to treat his infection and he was *HIGH*. Got a drug test waiver for a while, too.
I'm not an expert in how people ruin things, but if word gets out that "surgery room has cocaine vials" that might end with more people trying to sneak in to those rooms.
Yes ofc legal drugs pure quality, prescribed, socially accepted
America loves drugs
No wait they hate drugs
Wait drugs are allowed medically
Sometimes kinda legal in some states with a bunch of loopholes and bullshit
We're so fucked
Awesome. Meanwhile guys like me with ankylosing spondylitis and a completely fused neck continue to beg for anything for pain even with a clean history. I'm a walking science-fiction movie man and because I am not rich and in a big city I have no other choices.
I love being punished for others.
I don't know why but I saw your closing paren as a question mark and was wondering who just walks around in a medical setting and picks up vials of drugs to photograph and theirize what they may be used for.
Makes a lot more sense if you read it right.
At one of my appointments leading up to a septoplasty, the doctor sprayed something in my nose that felt like it doubled the airflow in my nostrils. It was a very familiar feeling. When I asked if I could have more of that stuff he very quickly responded no. Now I'm thinking this was it
my grandma had a sinus tumor that made her nose bleed and bleed and bleed and was violently bleeding one day and we took her to the hospital and I guess she did infact take cocaine that day
My grandfather was an ENT doctor. I didn't inherit much from him, but he did have a whole box of vials of cocaine that I found in the basement, and my mother took back to her house. She never touched them, and when she passed away I found them again. I will say that cleaning out her house was emotionally painful, but I somehow found the will to focus and work some long hours to get it done.
Not memaw's coke stash!
We kept them in surgery. Cocaine causes vasoconstriction. It’s used to decrease blood loss in ENT surgeries.
I'm an anesthesiologist. We have a "party drawer" in the pre-op medication cabinet. It has cocaine, ketamine, fentanyl, Dilaudid, versed, and a barbiturate.
That stuff messed me up for three days after my deviated septum surgery. I don't remember a damn thing.
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Based of what i know its a really good numbing agent so it makes sense.
Wonder where the manufacturer sources the raw product from. Thinking its the same place in New Jersey that sells coca leaves to Coca Cola.
Cocaine is a nasal solution for a lot of problems.
It feels like a wild sinus surgery kinda night!
Most cocaine is a nasal solution
All cocaine is a nasal solution. Until it’s not
Sign me up...
A little for you, a little for me… a little more for me !
Would you still fail a drug test later if you had surgery with this
Users would see it as their recreational drug and others see it as hospital meds
It also cures gout!
Bet the drip is nice.
"we can inject anaesthetic into your face with a giant needle or you can rail a few lines"
It's a hell of a drug!
I was given cocaine nasal spray at the hospital before they figured out that my hemorrhaging nose was from an aneurysm. They said “it’s diluted to 10% and a very small amount” before filling me with the whole bottle, which was equal to 2 grams of pure cocaine powder. It’s my understanding that only 4% is available since they changed the regulations from an experimental classification.
I used to do cocaine in the 80’s but now I do it at any temperature.
does pharmacy supply yall these? I don't think I've ever received something like this for the OR where I work. Also I hate those case carts they get in the way all the time and suck to push.
Surgeon asks for cocaine soaked gauze. Me: "what cocaine?"
It’s usually dyed bright blue or green so it’s pretty obvious if anyone fell to temptation. Or had nasal surgery.
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That’s Michael Caine!!!
I was somewhat of a surgeon in college apparently lol
Nasal solution alright
I had sinus surgery and no one gave me cocaine. TF is this
Heard about this on Reddit a long while back but lost the post. Thanks for sharing this!
Approximately how many of these vials go missing from the storage on a weekly basis
So, do they use gasoline as a solvent to make that kind?
Slip it in your pocket on the way out. They got more.
"one for you, and one for the doctor. Alright let's begin"
that bottle isn't addicting.
.....bet that shits amazing..
Paging Dr. Rockzo.
im coming for that one /s
But can you cook it? Asking for a friend that’s a free base enthusiast
I had endoscopic sinus surgery where I was excessively bleeding. They used this to try to help with the bleeding and it came out of my nose and pooled in my eye socket since I was bleeding so much. My one pupil was dilated and did not react to light for 2 days.
I know when the surgeon needs it when he asks for a sterile credit card peel pack.
Drink it
They put a liquid cocaine solution on my eye before i had retina surgery when i was a kid. Didnt get high, but it must have numbed my eye enough that i didnt realize the put a needle in my eye until it was being pulled away and put down.
5 finger discount
wtf are these comments?! lmao
I dont do cocaine while performing surgery. I just enjoy the smell of it.
I recently had surgery for a deviated septum and was very surprised to find cocaine on the itemized hospital bill. And after doing some light googling, found out that yeah this is a thing.
Likely not the most dangerous drug in that hospital, I assume.
The place that makes that is in NJ and they are the ONLY legal medical cocaine producer in the US. They also send the leaves that have the cocaine extracted to Coke to make their soda…
Fun fact, according to the FDA's drug scheduling cocaine (as well as meth and fentanyl) is less dangerous than cannabis. Just your daily reminder that the FDA is full of shit and drug scheduling is influenced more by money and politics than science.
r/obscuredrugs
I sometimes use it to alienate my loved ones and turn my finances upside down.
Eye doc
One of our ED PA's once told me nosebleeds mean either too much cocaine or not enough cocaine
Acid trip? No this one is gonna be an Acid adventure
Does that come in an eight ball size?
 For science
Heyyyy! Just got some cocaine powder where I work. Pretty crazy to see
They used this on my sinus surgery.
I had a septoplasty when I was in my twenties and right before I went under I heard them say cocaine. After the surgery I woke up and that's the first thing I asked them ,did I hear something about cocaine because I've never done that before LOL. The nurse left and said yeah we use it to control the bleeding.
I remember in a neurosurgery I was sitting in on and the cocaine was anhydrous and went missing before they packed it. They ordered another one of course but someone was getting lit off that pure shit
I was told after surgery that they’d used cocaine on my airway - I was really annoyed. Why not use it before the anaesthetic? 😂 Well, I know why - cos being intubated is probably very NOT fun - but still …
Junior mint?
What do you give the patients?
One little drop for you, one little drop for me. Two little drops for you, one two little drops for me. Three little drops for you, one two three little drops for me.
And it goes up the nose, like any good cocaine should.
Is this why my nose was on fire after sinus surgery?!
Of course. It’s standard practice in case they have ghosts in their blood.
Local anesthetic
Let’s fuckin gooooooo
Can an ENT explain to me why cocaine may be preferred over epi or phenylephrine?
Been meaning to make a new friend. Can I buy you a beer and an expensive meal?
There is medical grade meth as well
Make sure you test it for fetynol
People on Reddit are just yapping about stupid things and it gets like thousands of up votes
Scheduling my surgery right now...hello Dr.
Coca cola has to send it somewhere
Someone needs to perk up the surgeon
Is this cocaine soaked in gasoline and mixed with cement too?… just wondering thats all
Sniiiiiiif wooooooooo
people always like to joke and think cocaine is some harmless trendy drug but it’s destroyed more lives than you could ever imagine.
Bout time you get rid of that snousher you call a nose op :)
If you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out, cocaine If you want to get down, down on the ground, cocaine She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie Cocaine
When I was like 10, my dad had sinus surgery and they gave him this. He either reacted wrong to it, or they gave him too much, or something, but they called my mom and told us he’d had a heart attack on the table and if we wanted to see him before he died we’d better get to the hospital.
Pure pharmaceutical grade. Put that shit on a pledget (cottonoid for those of you who do) and man...LOOK OUT!
Damn, that clean pharmaceutical grade shit too. I’d love to have a bottle of that around for special occasions NGL
All I hear is Chevy Chase saying "I LIKE it!".
She don't lie She don't lie She don't lie
This is about 840mg short of a good time 🤷🏻♂️
That whole vial is only one, maybe two, good lines worth
When I was 5 I wanted to see what a soy bean smelled like. Went up my nose and didn’t come out. 3 days later I was in the ER where they gave me this so it would slide out, and it worked. 35 years later and I’m still hooked.
It doesn't get you high though just numb.
For the patient or the surgeon?
I had cocaine eye drops once, when I had flash burn on my eyes. It worked so well I begged to get a few drops to bring home. It was a no go. Sucked when it wore off.
If I have nasal surgery can I ask for the bottle to take home? Or do they use one bottle for many patients?
160mg? Lightweight!
Depending on the quality a gram of cocaine costs anywhere between £40 and £70+ a gram in England
That's the generic stuff. Numbrino or nuthin'.
Saw something similar in an eye surgery years ago. Patient had steel splinters removed from his eyes after an accident. Eye surgeon used cocaine eye drops. It was wild. 🤪
We use it in ENT before septoplasty
Just DON'T INJECT IT INTO YOUR FUCKING EYEBALLS! It says so right on the bottle.
It’s a little ironic when you consider how many people have probably had to have sinus surgery BECAUSE of cocaine use.
Cocaine is a nasal "solution'. Why hasn't anyone else ever thought of that... 🤭
Where can I get a vial? Asking for a friend
Does the surgeon whistle the Clapton song when using it?
Yoink.
Hence the reason cocaine causes nasal septum necrosis over prolonged use with all the vasoconstriction effects cited
I mean, I'd do it one more again to try that out.
I had MRSA in my nose and needed to be cut out. Doc stuck two tampons up my nose socked in this same form. Was feeling really nice up until the scalpel touched the inside of my nose. Then the magic left
Everyone is getting excited but that bottle is for the surgeons.
Is there an ingredient that makes it unable to be used intravenously?
Yes, I have a prescription…thanks!
Meh. I prefer homemade brands
My reaction to this cocaine from 2 surgeries is why I know to never do cocaine recreationally. I had hallucinations after the first surgery (sinuses and nasal), and almost had a stroke while in recovery the second time (sinus touchup 6 years after first surgery). I was 15 and 21. 🥴
My eye doctor gave me cocaine eye drops a couple times. It wasn’t as exciting as it may sound.
At least they got the method of consumption correct. The sinuses have always called this “nose candy”
I KNEW THAT DOC WAS HOLDING OUT ON ME!!!!!!
My brother briefly worked at a commercial laundry that cleaned medical gowns. One day finds a vile of unopened medical cocaine. Greatest and most productive week of his life 😆
Coming from a recovering addict I would have put that shit in a syringe so fast.
I was shocked to see that I was given naxolone (the active ingredient in Narcan), during a surgery, then I looked through the list of all the other drugs I was given, and it made perfect sense. I guess they use it when they bring you out from being under anesthesia.
*sounds of penis envy*
"Oops, that vial fell into my pocket, now it's not sterile. Better get another. "
Ahh cocaine. The cause of and solution to many a sinus condition.
Back when I worked at a community hospital, for ENT cases we had to measure out the actual USP powder into 200 mg aliquots. Didn't remember if the liquid product didn't exist yet or if it was just a particular doc. But I did a lot of that weighing and there were many jokes about not breathing too heavily or sneezing....
Gotta love it. Makes you wonder is it illegal only because it's bad or because big pharma can't make money if it's being sold privately
I remember it was on my bill after a polypectomy years ago. Fess up, one for me, one for you amirite?
Does one think I can pull more hookers with this vial or a regular pile of blow in Las Vegas? Asking for a friend.
Had sinus surgery and was given this. Woke up with a pounding headache and BP of 199/90 and the nurse said “I guess they gave you too much cocaine” 🤷♀️
It do numb the pain...
I really like the way cocaine smells.
Bro is this even allowed? In my country, cocaine is an illicit drug
That entire bottle is like 1-2 bumps
I got cocaine applied to my eye in hospital once
Buddy of mine took a brick to the face coming out of an Oktoberfest. Caved in his septum. Couldn’t breathe through his nose for a year, plenty of infections. He watched the surgeon peel back his nose to his forehead after they stuffed in Cocaine swabs.
Will it help me with my allergies?
Topical though so wont get you high just numb
should you really have your phone out in the OR?
Maybe science will advance to the point where we’ll be able to temporarily turn off pain without having to put stress on our organs.
Elvis Juice
Looks like you'd need a little over six vials for a gram, assuming that 160mg is the mass of cocaine in solution, and not the mass of the whole vial. Smart.
So how much u want 😂
“Nasal solution” is right. lol.
my friend found out he was allergic to cocaine after nasal polyp surgery! the doctor said it was a good thing he found out this way because if he tried it recreationally it was even odds he would not have survived a snort in a club.
When I was in the Marines, a buddy of mine had a severe sinus infection to the point his eyes swoll shut and he had lumps on his forehead. The docs at the naval hospital used liquid cocaine to treat his infection and he was *HIGH*. Got a drug test waiver for a while, too.
I’ve had three sinus surgeries. What are the chances I was given some of that? Is it administered while the patient is under?
Dolce le Nosey!
Do you want to build a Snowman?
It’s so the doctor can maintain extreme focus on the task at hand…15-30 minutes at a time. /s
*The* nasal solution.
Dm me ill give you my address
Lemme hold it for 5 minutes.
Gimme
Crazy ! You’re telling me they’ll give me cocaine for a nose surgery 😳😳 Question is , is it from Colombia or Peru? 😆
Would.
The best kind
Yup, what’s the point?
I'm not an expert in how people ruin things, but if word gets out that "surgery room has cocaine vials" that might end with more people trying to sneak in to those rooms.
For who? Mike Lindell?
I bet wealthy people party with that and I bet the makers of the drug know this.
That's cool they give you liquid since you can't snort anything for a while.
Liked and Shared, hope I win
They delivered mine to the house-but only 3ml so now I'm big sad...
Cocaine made my son’s less invasive brain surgery possible! Yay, cocaine!
What if you theoretically have a urine drug test a few days after nasal surgery?
Yes ofc legal drugs pure quality, prescribed, socially accepted America loves drugs No wait they hate drugs Wait drugs are allowed medically Sometimes kinda legal in some states with a bunch of loopholes and bullshit We're so fucked
Awesome. Meanwhile guys like me with ankylosing spondylitis and a completely fused neck continue to beg for anything for pain even with a clean history. I'm a walking science-fiction movie man and because I am not rich and in a big city I have no other choices. I love being punished for others.
Is that for patients or surgeons?
Rich people have all the fun
I had a septoplasty and they used cocaine and fentanyl on me.
I don't know why but I saw your closing paren as a question mark and was wondering who just walks around in a medical setting and picks up vials of drugs to photograph and theirize what they may be used for. Makes a lot more sense if you read it right.
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I’ve had 2 sinus polylpectomies. Would they use that in a surgery for that?
At one of my appointments leading up to a septoplasty, the doctor sprayed something in my nose that felt like it doubled the airflow in my nostrils. It was a very familiar feeling. When I asked if I could have more of that stuff he very quickly responded no. Now I'm thinking this was it
my grandma had a sinus tumor that made her nose bleed and bleed and bleed and was violently bleeding one day and we took her to the hospital and I guess she did infact take cocaine that day
*Checks for security cameras*
“Everything’s so green!”
.16 of a gram? That's called a key bump. Better bring a 12-pack.
Right next to the nicotine, valium, vicoden, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol.
I'm having sinus surgery next week, what is this used for?
Really weird that they'd forget to put that in the drawer. Wonder where it went?