Hi Katya,
I've posted in at least two of the health threads, one on MAOIs in general and another on just passionflower and no one has responded. It seems that subforum doesn't get much action, for whatever reasons.
I do appreciate your concern and I'm certainly not encouraging anyone to follow my lead without doing their own research. I'm not intaking enough of this stuff to be hallucinating (those smurfs climbing up my wall are real!) and I only decided to try it after reading that it is most commonly used as a smoke product. So, I can't imagine that giving it even less heat than burning it would cause any problems, though, I readily admit, I'm no chemist and I have no data on how its non-MAOI ingredients directly interact with nicotine or VG, for that matter. I can only say that, as of now, I've had no ill effects other than feeling foggy and silly when I initially topped off my carto with too much of it. However, I have experienced an increased sense of relaxation when using it in my vape in relatively minor quantities. I take full responsibility for any potentially ill effects that I may or may not incur from vaping it. The recommended dosage on the bottle I bought is 40-60 drops 3 times a day between meals; I realize the intake volume, whatever it is, via vaping is different than ingesting it sublingualy, but I'm taking less than 1 drop per carto with the mix I made.
I did look for Ariva/Stonewall this morning, but the people who work at my pharmacy said that they no longer carry it. I'm not sure that they ever carried it, but that's what I was told by a stocker who refused to make eye contact after I was mistakenly sent to the herpes sore aisle for Abriva.
When I was last here, at ECF, maybe two years ago (?!), and nhaler was first starting up, I remember reading a lot of posts by people who were very concerned about whether or not the vitamins and herbs they use in their lungjuice were safe to vape. Are there any particular concerns you have in regards to passion flower extract being vaped which you don't feel towards the same drops being taken sublingualy? I'd certainly like to know if there's a known health risk which I'm not aware of. As I said in my OP, I'm vaping to reduce harm to myself and part of that entails trying to stick as closely to replicating smoking (initially) as I can to increase my chances of actually kicking analogs; I definitely don't want to be doing anything which would be putting myself at more or even equal risk for harm as smoking commercial tobacco does.
I'd, also, like to add that I think a simple bullet point sticky for newbies explaining the facts regarding MAOIs and alternatives to tobacco for getting them could be really helpful for those who do not find nicotine replacement via vape or whatever method to be wholly effective in solving their tobacco addiction. I believe that simply understanding, in layman's terms, what "that missing thing" is -- not to mention being aware of other options for obtaining it -- could keep a good number of people from reverting back to smokes. I, also, get that this is an e-cig forum so the focus is on e-cigs, but I think all of us, here, can sympathize with anyone who wants to kick the habit and, as we know, individual needs to achieving that can differ pretty wildly from person to person.
Best,
Kumquat
