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FYI: Adrenaline=Epinephrin e, its the same EXACT Drug


Adrenaline is American terminology and Epinephrine is British terminology, thats the only difference.. As a medical professional i was amazed they put that line in there and actually rewinded and double checked it. This is exactly how our Young Ppl and Culture get misinformed...

I know its JUST a movie but if the movie is based on "cunning-ness" than this small misinformation detracts from that perception its trying to present..

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That's so dumb it has to be a joke by the writer. Then again the conversation doesn't even make any sense, since the younger guy wouldn't have knowledge of poisons, so maybe the writer is just an alcoholic hack.

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I was wondering the same thing when I heard it in the movie. I as well work in the medical field, and thought maybe I had misheard it. I couldn't find my remote to rewind and decided to hell with it. I think he said it again when he was in the crawl space, but I was a bit distracted by somebody talking to me.

Victims, aren't we all.

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Caught it too, I'm a med student :)

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so basically hes saying adrenaline is poisenous when mixed with adrenakline?

i disnt understand what was going on exactly.

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That was even a major plot point of Crank.

Also I thought the bag said Ketamine. I was watching some ER reality show and they said it was a sedative but they only use it on kids because it mades adults trip or something.

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The bag did say ketamine. That's what the doctor was giving him, and why Statham changed the adrenaline plan.


"The value of an idea has nothing to do with the honesty of the man expressing it."--Oscar Wilde

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