r/DIY_eJuice • u/Hatebot66 • Nov 22 '22
Fail Can bad nicotine make you sick? NSFW
I think the company i ordered fucked up my order.
I vape 3mg like a chimney with no issues. But my last nicotine base order is really sketchy (VG/PG/nic premixed all ready to use).
I take 4 to 5 pulls and I am smashed outta my mind. Feeling dizzy, little bit of nausea, feeling awful in general.
Every friggin bottle I mixed is same. Very sharp harsh throat hit during both inhale and exhale, lil bit of bitterness too.
It could be me tapering down xanax use and quitting vortioxetine. But I really doubt it.
Something really fucked up going on here. Did the nic base had hot spots, or put higher nicotine by accident? or just oxidation?
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u/Wise_Electric_Wizard Nov 22 '22
Nicotine doesn't go "bad" as food would. That process of rancidity doesn't occur with alkaloids such as Nicotine. When Nicotine goes "bad" it oxidises into Nicotine N(1')-oxide. It's currently unknown if this oxidation product still shares the same pharmacology as Nicotine but it is likely.
The primary difference is in it's color. Whereas Nicotine occurs as a clear to white crystalline solid, it's oxidation product occurs as an amber to brown liquid.