Timeline for Can a substance be more lethal in smaller doses?
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| Jun 5, 2018 at 0:10 | comment | added | Perkins | The single-path version would have the advantage (for some purposes) that once you'd taken a dose you'd have to continue taking it until you had some other method for getting rid of the E, thereby potentially allowing it to be used for ensuring loyalty. | |
| May 28, 2018 at 15:03 | comment | added | Erik | Most people are opposed to swallowing large doses of P already. | |
| May 28, 2018 at 7:10 | comment | added | cmaster - reinstate monica | @Brilliand That's another reason why I prefer the two-path. However, the one path can still work "correctly": The reservoir of A is depleted, so if the synthesis of A in the body is slow enough and the excretion of P fast enough, only very little E would be produced, which could well be below the threshold for lethality. It might still have some bad consequences, though, making people reluctant of swallowing large doses of P... | |
| May 28, 2018 at 6:44 | comment | added | Brilliand | The one-path reaction sounds like it would become lethal later on, when you body has eliminated most of the P but still has a little bit left. You would have to constantly keep your P levels high to ensure that it doesn't decrease to a lethal dose. | |
| May 27, 2018 at 21:52 | history | answered | cmaster - reinstate monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |