Too Much Nicotine?

[laurie516]

Any easy way to figure out how much you are getting with vaping? I am using between 16 and 20 mg/ml and about 2.5 to 3 ml per day. Been vaping exclusively for 2 weeks with no headaches, nausea or such but have been having bowel problems the past few days.
I would really like to know a way to be sure that I am not overdosing with the nicotine. Was a 1.5 pack/day lights smoker.
Thanks for your help and input!
Laurie

 

[PaulCincy]

Welcome to the Forum...Sorry, don't know about your problem...But, I also used analogs from 1 to 1 & 1/2 packs a day....I have found that using two different nic strengths during the day helps me out...I use 11-15 mg of nic in the morning with coffee or when out on the town....During the day and especially at the computer where I vape a lot, I use a lower nic level 6mg.. With this type of vaping, I have no ill-effects...Well, at least it works for me...Take care and of course Enjoy the experience...

 

[brian1g]

I think your ok, I started out on 36mg juice and vaped a lot at first with no problems. If you start to get a headache its time to stop vaping lol.

I think the biggest thing is not to ingest the juice. I read that 40mg of nicotine taken all at once orally is enough to kill an adult. You do get less nicotine by vaping instead of drinking juice, it has a different absorption rate.

The 36mg strength has 36mg per ml, so if taken orally it seems like it would be pretty easy to overdose with juice. An ml of juice isn't much at all btw. I believe an ml is like 20 drops.

I don't really know how accurate that info is, it's just what I read while researching the same question when I first started out vaping. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though.

 

[martha1014]

Well in comparison I smoked 3 packs of Marlboro red a day and I now vape about 30 ml a week of 36mg.

On the forum I did find one way to determine how to compare

A full flavor pack of cigarette equals approximately 50mg of nicotine.This times the number of packs you smoked. Which I smoked 3 so that is 50x3=150. I vape 36 mg. so 36x (amount I vape) 5 ml a day=180 so I am getting 30 more than when I was smoking.

This may not be completely accurate but it is just a guide.

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

Welcome to the Forum...Sorry, don't know about your problem...But, I also used analogs from 1 to 1 & 1/2 packs a day....I have found that using two different nic strengths during the day helps me out...I use 11-15 mg of nic in the morning with coffee or when out on the town....During the day and especially at the computer where I vape a lot, I use a lower nic level 6mg.. With this type of vaping, I have no ill-effects...Well, at least it works for me...Take care and of course Enjoy the experience...

Thanks for the tip. Using a low nic strength while at home is a good idea, for me at least. If I get a little carried away with 12mg I can start to feel a little out of it.

 

[laurie516]

Well in comparison I smoked 3 packs of Marlboro red a day and I now vape about 30 ml a week of 36mg.

On the forum I did find one way to determine how to compare

A full flavor pack of cigarette equals approximately 50mg of nicotine.This times the number of packs you smoked. Which I smoked 3 so that is 50x3=150. I vape 36 mg. so 36x (amount I vape) 5 ml a day=180 so I am getting 30 more than when I was smoking.

This may not be completely accurate but it is just a guide.

Thank you for the feedback. This gives me an idea of how to figure the nicotine amounts. I wonder if we are actually getting the total amount of nic/mg or if some is lost with the vaping?

 

[laurie516]

Thank you all for the input and information. I am feeling better about this already. Great forum and welcome!

 

[SirVette]

Laurie

Are you sometimes getting a nic. buzz?

Your normal juice nic. level should probably be 16mg. or less.

 

[laurie516]

Not really too much buzz. Once in a while with deep vaping but otherwise no. I think you are correct about the 16 mg, I think the 20 has been too much. Will have to get some PG or VG to cut it I guess.

 

[PaulB]

I wonder whether the constipation might relate more to quitting cigarettes than to the nic level in your juice. I've always thought there was some laxative effect there. Apart from that, if you're not smoking, not craving, and not feeling ill, you're probably pretty close on your level.

 

[eatenalive]

Any easy way to figure out how much you are getting with vaping? I am using between 16 and 20 mg/ml and about 2.5 to 3 ml per day. Been vaping exclusively for 2 weeks with no headaches, nausea or such but have been having bowel problems the past few days.
I would really like to know a way to be sure that I am not overdosing with the nicotine. Was a 1.5 pack/day lights smoker.
Thanks for your help and input!
Laurie

WELCOME!!! Laurie!!! this place is awesome!! you will find everything you need to know on ECF!!!

 

[pumpguy05]

When I first started I smoked way too high of Nicotine and way too much. I experienced heart palpitations. You really need to listen to your body on this. I am happy to say after 32 years of smoking I was up to three packs per day and after 3 months on ecigs I quit smoking. There is a group in Wisconsin called stop smoking Wisconsin that is trying to get rid of these here. Ecigs saved my life and these people are uneducated .......

 

[Chazzman]

When I first started I smoked way too high of Nicotine and way too much. I experienced heart palpitations. You really need to listen to your body on this. I am happy to say after 32 years of smoking I was up to three packs per day and after 3 months on ecigs I quit smoking. There is a group in Wisconsin called stop smoking Wisconsin that is trying to get rid of these here. Ecigs saved my life and these people are uneducated .......

Congrats on your experience.
Yeah, go along to one of their meetings and try to make them understand.
When that doesn't work as it won't........
Bulldoze the joint

 

[KeepNitReel]

Since vapping with cartomizers I've found that my vapping has increased since they last long and can be placed in any position with leaking. So I decided to order 9mg & 0mg instead of the 18mg that I normally order. I have not felt any side effects from the increased vapping but my mind is telling me to vape 0mg for those heavy sections where I'm only after the flavor craving instead of the nic craving.

 

[exarkaun]

I smoked 1 pack of colts a day. Only 8 in a pack but the nic content was much higher. I use the 24-26mg stuff now. I kinda wish I stuck to the 18mg stuff though because there is so many more flavor options. Increasing the strength was great for the first couple days. Then it was metabolised faster and in the end felt the same as 18mg stuff. So If you can keep off cigarettes using a lower strength, stay there.

 

[AlexTM]

The problem with nic conversion is that nobody knows how much of the nic in juice really ends up in our systems. Probably a lot less than is in it, but that's the best we can say.

Have a look at this article: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ing-your-symptoms-while-adjusting-vaping.html