Have you been looking for some truth about GHB?

If you've been searching for information about GHB on the Internet, you may have come across many sites offering it (or a similar product) for sale. Or you have come across a site that tells you how wonderful and safe GHB is. Or, like us, you have had a personal tragedy as a result of GHB. Whatever your reason, you may be absolutely confused as to the safety and use of GHB.

For years, GHB has been promoted as a health supplement, an aid in body-building, a pro-sexual drink, and the opportunity for a safe, natural high. It used to be sold at stores. This page quotes some of the myths and propaganda about GHB and attempts to answer these claims. Read the facts, and come to your own conclusion.


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These MYTHS are marketed as FACTS on actual websites which sell or promote GHB and its look-alikes: Renewtrient, Blue Nitro, Revivarant, and more.
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Just because trace amounts of GHB are found in human cells doesn’t make the lab-created or bathtub-created form of GHB safe to consume!

 

You DO NOT know what will happen to you while taking GHB!!!

What about Narcolepsy?

Other claims:

These are here so you can see the attraction to GHB and its analogs. Many have asked why GHB is being taken today. Who wouldn't want some of these effects? Unfortunately, some are risking their lives and those of others just to get the so-called benefits outlined below:

Claim: It puts the user in the particular sleep state (theta to alpha) that encourages the pituitary to release growth hormone (depending on how much you take

Claim: It stimulates Growth Hormone (hGH) release by the pituitary up to  50%

Claim: It is an aid in muscle-building and fat loss by stimulating hGH production in the pituitary.

Claim: It induces deep sleep with a 1.5 ml dose by temporarily inhibiting dopamine release in the brain.

Claim: Facilitates REM sleep and "slow-wave" (stage 3-4) sleep.During deep sleep maximum growth hormone release occurs, as well as renewal of the body.

Claim: It aides in the alleviation of the symptoms of depression.

Claim: It relieves anxiety.

Claim: It has been used extensively in Europe to treat the symptoms of alcohol and other substance withdrawal.

Claims have been made as to its life extending effects. (This is generally attributed to the effects of hGH.).

Claim: It induces deep rejuvenating sleep.

Claim: It fights stress.

Claim: It enhances athletic performance.

Claim: It exhibits prosexual effects in some by improving tactility (sense of touch), enhancing erectile capacity in men, lowering of inhibitions in women, and increasing the intensity of orgasms.

Claim: It combats addiction symptoms of alcoholism and other addictions.

Claim: Improving sleep patterns and maintaining daytime alertness in  narcolepsy.

Claim: Reducing schizophrenia symptoms.

Claim: Stabilizing Parkinson’s disease.

Claim: Reducing nactumal myocionus (painful leg cramps at night).

Claim: Improving memory problems.

Claim: Stimulating natural growth hormone release.

Claim: Decreasing pain and improving sleep in fibromyalgia.

Claim: Relief of symptoms in Huntington’s chorea.

Claim: Regulating muscle tone in dystonia musculorum deformans.

Claim: Controlling tardive dyskinesia symptoms.

Claim: Decreasing or eliminating drug withdrawal symptoms (alcohol and opaites).

Claim: Decreasing hyperactivity and learning disabilities in children.

Claim: Inducing sedation and tranquilization.

Claim: Lowering cholesterol levels.


"Everyone has to agree that it sounds a little too good to be true." (italics added)
- A reader from California who has used GHB.

Myths

  • Myth: GHB is the safest and most beneficial compound known to man (next to water) - actual quote from a Pro GHB page <top>
    • GHB proponents often call GHB a "dietary supplement." GHB reports written by proponents of GHB can seem medically accurate due to medical references which they choose to include in their papers and reports – they are already biased toward the use of GHB, therefore their reports are biased.
  • Myth: GHB is not dangerous when used by itself OR GHB is safe when taken as directed and used responsibly <top>
    • GHB proponents and sellers claim that it is unlikely to die or OD on GHB without another substance in the body. Although deaths have occurred from GHB used in combination with other drugs, it is false to say that GHB alone cannot kill you. ANY ABUSED SUBSTANCE CAN KILL ALONE.
    • The facts show that GHB IS dangerous. It is unstable, just like the research about it. There are many facets of GHB that experts don't even know yet!
    • Yes, deaths do occur due to GHB. These deaths are often not documented. One of the reasons for this is that GHB leaves the system very quickly, with no trace, and there are no modern  ways to quickly test for GHB overdose. Not even every coroner's department has the testing capability. So, yes, people DO die from GHB.
    • The DEA has begun compiling a list of deaths by State. Read the known deaths so far. These are known deaths only, and as such do not include deaths caused by GHB that go undetected.
    • Many people take GHB regularly and don’t suffer major consequences for it. It is these people that proponents point to to claim this drug is safe. "Virtually no side effects," they say. The truth is, you do not know what will happen to you while you are taking GHB.
    • Many Internet reports and information do not mention the deaths attributed to GHB use or poisoning. In fact, they will deny that these deaths were from GHB. They downplay that GHB was found in the body or on the scene. (I am not talking about the normal amount of GHB that is produced when a person dies; this is GHB in excess of normal amounts). They will claim and do claim that it was the use of other substances that caused the deaths or overdoses. (For further information and actual cases, please do further research and/or read some comments from our Comments page.  The DEA is collecting a growing list of GHB -related deaths) This site is also taking reports.
    • As for the information on GHB on the Internet, it is mostly biased toward "safe" GHB use. Recipes for it abound. Suggestions for "safe experiences" are to be found everywhere. Unfortunately, all the valuable, medical information from reputable sources is toward the end of the search engine list. You CAN find them. Don’t be fooled by Internet GHB propaganda. Consider the source of the material.
  • Myth: If your friend passes out on GHB, don't call the hospital - you'll save on "unnecessary" hospital bills and he or she will just wake up <top>
    • Many people have been put on life support while on a GHB overdose. Some come out of it. Others die or live in a vegetative state. But GHB proponents say that these are not really comas. Just a deep sleep. Huh?
    • That is the advice they told our son's friend. She wanted to call 911. But they told her NO, this had happened before, he'll sleep it off. You see, GHB suppressed his breathing until his body just "forgot" to breathe. By the time he got to the hospital, it was too late.
  • Myth: GHB improves your health, standard of living, and mental awareness, and has medical benefits <top>
    • Unfortunately, these proponents of GHB don’t even consider it a drug, claiming that it is a natural metabolite in the human body. Well, iron is found in the body, I don’t go out and take too many iron pills for energy. That would be dangerous, even deadly. Water is found in the body, but I don’t drink so much of it that I drown myself; And so on. Just because trace, minute amounts of GHB are found in a human body doesn’t make the substance safe to consume!
    • Medical Claims: As far as claims about medical and health use of GHB: whether or not any substance has medical benefit, this does not make it safe to use on a personal or social basis without supervision by a physician. There are MANY substances that ARE used in hospitals and treatment centers for valid purposes, but these same substances are illegally and unsafely being made, sold and used on the street. As of this writing, the only legal use of GHB is in trial stages for the treatment of narcolepsy.
    • Whether or not GHB has ANY medical benefit is not the issue here. People are making this stuff as if mixing ingredients for science experiments. They are whipping it up in bathtubs. They claim that "if it was legal and regulated, then there would not be a problem."
    • Even if there were a DOUBT that a substance was dangerous or deadly, wouldn’t common sense urge you to avoid it? How much more caution is needed with a substance that is definitely linked to and is the cause of death in some people.
  • Myth: GHB is not addictive <top>
    • Truth: GHB is addictive, and withdrawals are LIFE THREATENING! Please read this comment from Trinka Porrata, Retired Police Officer and Drug Consultant: "As I continue my extensive research on GHB, the news only gets worse. For so long the info was that this isn't an addictive drug and no big deal. Now it is readily apparent that it is highly addictive and, worse yet, getting off of it is tougher than many other drugs. Addicts stand by---you are looking at two weeks in intensive care to shake it. Going into a regular drug withdrawal program without a doctor specifically experienced in GHB is dangerous. I recently interviewed a man who takes 20-30 capfuls per day just to MAINTAIN. He gets no buzz from that dosage. But anything less sends him into the violent shakes and horrible withdrawal pains associated with this drug." More information on GHB addiction is forthcoming, including resources for safe GHB withdrawal and detox.
  • Myth: Anti-GHB information is the result of the overreaction of people <top>
    • There are reports and information PRO GHB, and CON GHB. You've probably waded through them on your way here! There will always be two sides or more of an issue presented. That is not new. You cannot base your conclusions on one person’s opinion on GHB, or their book, even if he/she uses SOME facts, which are clouded toward their own views. Do your own research. Talk to officials, hospital personnel, poison control centers. Sure, our site started out because our son died. But our efforts are toward the education of people that there IS indeed a deadly side to GHB.

Since GHB has begun to be regulated, people have made analogs of GHB and are selling them. They turn into GHB once in the body, however, and are just as dangerous.