Paul Anacker, JD
Lead Editor of "Biological Aging Measurement"

Was this human study that killed humans done in the US? This sounds like some Nazi experiment, pushing the test subjects until death.

I would love to see actual PROOF of this study, not just hearsay of it. Please provide documentation, or stop scaring the public.

Rev. MeO

Also, are the toxic properties of 1,4-Butanediol different from GHB? Could the author of Answer #3 please respond to these concerns. I am working on a book about the subject, and would appreciate any information.

Thank you,
Peter M.

I sleep and feel better than I have in years. The only side effect that I don't like, is that it creates a slight greasy film on my face after dosing. But this is easily taken care with a towel and not really a negative effect. Other than that, I'm sure there is a potential for abuse with this substance, but this potential is pretty small. I'm 25 years old and a college student.

Butanediol has helped in another part of my life also. About a year ago, I learned that my father had an addiction to crack/cocaine. He had tried to quit many times, but just could not do it. Since she knew I would be devastated, my mother kept me unaware of the problem for about a year. My family was on the brink of falling apart when I finally found out. Knowing the effects of butanediol, I offered it to my father and asked him to use it whenever he felt it necessary, particularly when he felt the urge to succumb to his addiction.

Since that time, my father has made a full recovery and my family life is better than I can ever remember. Butylene glycol is truly the best thing that has ever happened to me. It has given me my father back. It is just a shame that this wonderful product is being taken off the shelf. I just hope the legislature recognizes the great advantages this product offers, so that others may benefit as much as I did.

I'm now leaning toward the conclusion that it was caused by BD, and was some sort of slight damage my doctor didn't detect. It has been five days since I poured out the BD mixture, and my right kidney is still bothering me somewhat. I think I will go to a naturopath or herbalist. It seems that the GBL solutions that were banned are much safer than BD, based on my experience and with countless hours of seeking out subjective web-lore about the precursors. GHB itself I consider to be as safe as its proponents claim, and I think there has been too much negative hype. It's really a shame that the drug has become too infamous in the media to ever be released safely over the counter. It will probably never be approved as a prescription drug in the US because it's too easy to make, and no American pharmaceutical company will pioneer distribution of something they can't trademark for at least several years.

I have been doing heavy research on this chemical for some time now, and most of the research I have found has been positive. The FDA banned this because of the club kids using it in excess and mixing it with other substances and getting very ill. ALSO, if all the studies that took place in Europe over the last 30 years were available to the public, there would be a rampage to get a hold of this stuff without the FDA and big business getting a stronghold on it. But they would not let that happen.

I have passed out or gone into the infamous "GHB trance" in front of my girlfriend. She described me as a drooling zombie. I would wake up feeling nice and refreshed and ready for sex. And that came easily for me until I went into an absence-seizure-like trance in a restaurant, and was walked, unconscious, and apparently being able to say nothing but "I'm so sorry", to an emergency room, where I woke up feeling good but unknowingly in for a rough time. The resident and interns in the ER were patronizing and refused to let me go for six hours. At first, I could remember my name, but barely my age. When asked what day it was, my reply was one day off. It took me a minute or two to remember my girlfriend's name and much longer to remember the names of her two friends.

Anyway, here's the point; I had passed out one too many times to count myself a responsible user of BD. We poured out the remainder. But I took the bit I still had at home a few days later after promising my girlfriend I would never do it again. I haven't done it since, but have bought and returned 1 bottle and am expecting a shipment of another bottle from another BD concern. The people I've told about this have offered to hold it for me so I won't be inclined to abuse it, but I fear worse will happen. I should probably not open the bottle. This post GHB malaise has, I think, played a role in my recent break-up with my girlfriend, whom I realize I love very much. I am very confused about the use of these drugs; and am scared that I might never regain any semblance of the mental "health" that it has offered so often. My therapist has told me that if I take any again, it will be a considerable setback in my treatment and prescription drug therapy. I'm inclined to believe the doctor, but GHB has such a powerful voice. I never thought I was this addictive or weak. GHB is most likely a wrong way up, but everyone should have some around for the end of the world, when and if it comes.