Where can i get epicac and what are the long term effects of using it?

Answer 1

You may not like this answer, but you need help if you're thinking of using ipecac for any reason.

Syrup of ipecac is available without prescription, but it is usually behind the pharmacy counter. I keep it in stock because certain child care facilities must keep it on hand. I will not sell it to anyone else since some folks that request it are bulimic and need medical help. Most other pharmacists wont either.

Ipecac has been used by anorexic and bulimic individuals as a means to lose weight. Repeated abuse is believed to cause damage to the heart, which can ultimately result in the user's death. The death of singer Karen Carpenter in 1983 has been popularly attributed to her abuse of ipecac for weight control.

Syrup of ipecac has long been used to cause vomiting in suspected poisonings or overdose. It's use is no longer recommended. The current first-line treatment for most ingested poisons is now activated charcoal, which operates much more quickly and effectively than ipecac treatment.

Rick the Pharmacist
(and former Mr. Yuk)

Answer 2

Do you mean syrup of ipecac? It is used to induce vomit if someone has ingested a poison. Parents are sometimes advised to keep some in their medicine cabinet in case their child ingests something poisonous. You can buy it at a drug store. It is usually sold by the baby food, diapers, etc. You only use it in case of an emergency after you call poison control. Some poisons need to be expelled but others don't. Find out first what the person has ingested before administering. I don't believe the syrup causes any long term effects.

Answer 3

Well ingestion of coal (ingredient that makes you throw up) is dangerous, look what it does to the environment. Also the purging has a whole other list of ramifications. Rotten teeth, busted esophagus. Ipecac is only used for poisoning cases that vomiting should be induced. It is not a formula for weight loss.

Answer 4

Excessive Use, Possible Hypokalemia.