Medicated e-liquids?

[Jadielyn]

Besides nicotine or that "energy drink" flavor, have there been any liquids with other infusions like caffeine, antihistamines or asthma medication?

I know, weird question. been suffering information overload in learning all about vaping and it just made me curious.

 

[JesikaBeth]

They do have liquids with caffeine

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Hi and welcome to ECF. PG is found in many inhalers and is known to an anti bacterial agent. Juices you buy from a vendor contain PG.

 

[fmx]

As a general rule, no (it's been argued that trace amounts of various chemicals have been found at production plants in China). Anyway, as we're still in a gray area and have no official FDA testing or backing, it's best that e-liquid contents are kept painfully simple. Wouldn't want to give the naysayers any ammo...

 

[blacklung]

glaucoma medication?

 

[hairball]

One vendor will add caffeine to your juice if you desire. I tried it and to be honest, didn't do anything. As for other medications, no.

 

[stupidgroupie]

glaucoma medication?

If you mean what I think you mean, apparently it is soluble in VG and you can make it yourself.

 

[DeviantDe]

Here's what I know about the asthma meds part of your question.

My sister asked if she could use her asthma meds in an ecig, she uses a nebulizer daily and wants something smaller/more portable and less noisy, so I started looking around the net.
From what I have read the current ecigs pose several problems.
Ecigs use heat, nebulizers and inhalers do not. This heat could do bad things to the meds.
The meds are very thin/watery, more so than straight pg, so some vg would likely have to be added, anything added would dilute the meds.
Also ecigs would not vaporize the medication particles small enough for the meds to properly enter and be absorbed by the lungs, so it is not effective for that use. I guess some did start out as ultrasonic, working more like the nebulizer, but have evolved into the heat method that we have now.

On a happy note I can vape in an enclosed space with her there and it does not trigger any asthma symptoms, and pretty much everything else in the world triggers her asthma lol.

 

[Jadielyn]

Thank you all for responding.
DeviantDe, that would make sense after all. Oh well.
Since as I've read here it's a less efficient delivery method of nicotine then i suppose the same would hold true of caffeine.

Would the antibacterial components of PG be likely to have any positive side effects, especially after being so heated?

 

[Jadielyn]

If you mean what I think you mean, apparently it is soluble in VG and you can make it yourself.

Somehow I knew someone would consider that possibility.
Not what I was interested in but interesting to know nonetheless.

 

[Sdh]

Hello-some companies are offering vitamins as a add in. Such as vapor renu.

 

[EMatic550]

Lol. When I saw the post I thought "Medicated" meant ganja.

 

[McDougal]

I don't think I'd trust "medicated" e juices, unless it was strictly regulated by the FDA. But of course, we all know the corporate shills the FDA has been concerning e cigs in the first place.

And, good point about heating the meds. Heat can change the structure of some drugs, and its possible that could have a seriously adverse effect.

 

[Off Topic]

Lol. When I saw the post I thought "Medicated" meant ganja.

There are smokeless vaporizers for this application, but they operate on a completely different system. They vaporize "essence" from solid plant matter, not liquids.

 

[oldsoldier]

Vaping medications and other substances is ill advised at best. (and beyond the allowed scope of discussion here on ECF)