@Voline@kolektiva.social
PEPPER SPRAY PAIN RELIEF
I was a volunteer subject in these randomized, double-blind trials to find a treatment for pepper spray discomfort. The only thing found to be better than water was a 1:1 solution of water and liquid antacid — aluminum hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide-based, such as Maalox or Mylanta. Use plain or mint. (a physician and street medic friend asked me to stress that mint is best, but the study didn't find that mattered)
“The Black Cross Healthcare Collective was a group of healthcare workers who lived in Portland, Oregon. They formed after the WTO protests of 1999, after seeing a need for medical care that specifically served people who were attending direct actions, demonstrations and political protests.”
"In the early 2000s they pioneered community-supported trials to find an antidote to pepper spray. These trials resulted in an antidote that has been used in street protests internationally.”
The testers abraded a patch of skin with plastic pot scrubber then applied the capsicum directly.
Then, they administered the mystery substance on the burning. Neither I, nor the direct testers knew what it was. There was just a number on an otherwise unlabeled bottle. Only the experiment administrators had the key to which bottle contained what. That's the definition of double-blind.
Subjects rated pain on a 1-10 scale before the antidote-candidate was applied, then at intervals afterward. The Black Cross Healthcare Collective did this all summer, trying various substances.
@Mungencakes @Voline to be honest, I thought they were spraying the eyes, too. I'm glad they found a more humane way to conduct the test 
Though, I'm sure it still hurt like a bitch....
I do recommend to get an "eye shower" which any decent pharmacy, hardware store and professional safety equipment store should have in stock...
They are easier and more efficient to use.
