Does this actually cause someone to have excessive diarrhea and/or vomiting? I have seen it on a movie but I was wondering the validity of it.
2006-10-16 18:17:52 · 11 answers · asked by Ray 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
oh i saw it on wedding crashers... didnt know anything about larry the cable guy
2006-10-16 18:21:36 · update #1
No I had a friend try it and it didn't work.........he worked in the same office and the guy wasn't running like as if he Had diarrhea and this was just in a cup of coffee
2006-10-16 18:24:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While it is true that Visine is readily obtainable (it's an non-prescription eye drop manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer), a drink spiked with it not only won't produce diarrhea in the one unfortunate enough to drink the concoction, but ingestion of the product is downright dangerous, making this "harmless" form of retaliation fraught with hazard.
The active ingredient in Visine eye drops is Tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%. Swallowing this substance can result in a number of nasty effects, including:
Lowering body temperature to dangerous levels
Making breathing difficult, or even halting it entirely
Blurring vision
Causing nausea and vomiting
Elevating and then dropping blood pressure
Causing seizures or tremors
Sending the ingester into a coma
Pfizer's cautions to users of Visine include, "If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away." In view of the above list, that advice should not be taken lightly.
One thing tetrahydrozoline has not been known to do is to cause sudden onset bouts of severe diarrhea. Although this belief has been around for decades, and everyone knows someone who knows someone who really did administer a Visine mickey to a deserving miscreant and thereby caused him an immediate serious case of the trots, there's no documented evidence the product would have that effect. Of the Visine poisoning cases studied by medical observers, we found none that mentioned diarrheal output brought about by the drug.
Yet if Visine doesn't cause diarrhea, it has done things far more terrible. Drinking it can (and has) caused severe depression of the central nervous system. In 1996, a two-year-old child who ingested at most 2 to 3 mL of Visine eye drops became dangerously lethargic and unresponsive to every stimulus except deep pain. Thanks to prompt medical attention the child recovered, but not before enduring intubation and two days' worth of mechanically-assisted breathing.
2006-10-16 18:28:39 · answer #2 · answered by surfer_grl_ca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try it in your own drink and see! I'd be VERY careful about doing it to anyone else, as things can get drawn WAY out of proportion and you could actually be arrested for attempting to poison someone!
We live in a sue happy society, and a very drama influenced one as well. Leave the movie scenes in the movies...whether they work or not, it's not a good idea to imitate them!
Unless, of course, you're personally wanting a case of the raging trots!! :0)
2006-10-16 18:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by Amy N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol. did no longer Owen Wilson try this interior the marriage Crashers? It replaced into hilarious. i do no longer think of two small drops is going to kill the guy. i think of they're going to easily have an disappointed abdomen. The worst they're going to in all probability get barfing. yet whilst something undesirable does start to ensue, call your community poison administration midsection.
2016-12-26 21:22:09 · answer #4 · answered by guillotte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the volume and degree of intake. if its a few drops its okay. eye and nose drops have a tendency to channelise to ur throat if not taken carefully, its very common, we feel a tangy, smelly feeling in our throat.
however, if its taken in large proportion, u r going to have problems. again if the drink is hard, i mean alcohol kinda thing, it's kinda neutralises the effect.
i feel itts due to water and not for the eyedrop thing, unless he has a sensitive stomach!
2006-10-16 18:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by mimpi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no not like Larry the cable guy would lead you to think.
2006-10-16 18:20:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister said it works. She tried it. She also said you only need a little drop. I guess you'll have to test it to really find out.
2006-10-16 18:22:08 · answer #7 · answered by Steph 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I heard of people putting acid and drugs in visine bottles....
2006-10-16 18:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by joulesofaffection 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It works great! thats how I got the jerks out of my bar.
2006-10-16 18:26:02 · answer #9 · answered by D J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol you saw that from wedding crashers right??.............and yes it works
2006-10-16 18:22:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋