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smith_716 t1_iv4wpcp wrote

Yeah but in that episode she also drugged herself, just slower, because her nipples absorbed the drugs.

So I find this kind of hard to believe unless they had some kind of skin barrier between the drug and the skin otherwise the same thing would happen.

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gryfter_13 t1_iv5mwiy wrote

Maybe she's spent years building up a tolerance to iocane powder.

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chojinra t1_iv5s5zi wrote

It’s inconceivable this doesn’t have more likes.

Happy cake day.

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imafraidofmuricans t1_iv5akr3 wrote

..or the show was wrong and that wouldn't happen?

I don't quite get why you think the show I'd the correct source, there.

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down_a_golden_road t1_iv529b5 wrote

It's like that scene in Batman & Robin where Robin kisses Poison Ivy and she's like :O omg bro you aren't gonna pass out? And he rips off his lips and goes like HAH, plastic lips!

Maybe she does something similar, like HAH, plastic nips!

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PsyFiFungi t1_iv5aw9w wrote

That depends on the chemical. Lot of drugs aren't able to be absorbed through skin.

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aKnightWh0SaysNi t1_iv5dcee wrote

You use tv shows as your basis of understanding for what would actually happen?

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smith_716 t1_iv5ohpu wrote

No, but it's a good example.

I also know skin absorbs things. That's why they make transdermal medications. Like nicotine or lidocaine patches, or what has helped me the most: Voltaren.

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Fluffy-Composer-2619 t1_iv5sqr9 wrote

All your examples of things which the skin absorbs, are things which were specifically designed to be absorbed by skin - there's a reason they don't tell you to take paracetamol by holding a tablet to your stomach.

The fact that they make transdermal medications at all should be proof enough that not all medications are transdermal

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