DNP

DNP

2,4-Dinitrophenol

General Info

Although DNP has been sold as a slimming or bodybuilding enhancement drug, it is an industrial chemical that is unfit for human consumption and illegal for use in foodstuffs.  Despite the best efforts to remove products from sale, this product is still available.  In the UK, there have been a number of reports of young people becoming seriously ill and some have even died.  (Source: Public Health England)

Effects

• DNP may be used by people trying to alter their appearance, such as body builders and those trying to lose weight.

Risks

• Features of acute poisoning include fever, dehydration, nausea, vomiting, restlessness, flushed skin, sweating, dizziness, headaches, rapid respiration and rapid or irregular heartbeat.
• This can progress to coma and death in spite of optimum medical care.
• Consuming lower amounts over longer periods could lead to cataracts and skin lesions and affect the heart, blood and nervous system.
• Toxic effects are more common after use of high doses, including acute overdose, but can also occur when the substance is taken in doses recommended on websites or by suppliers.
• Emergence of toxicity can be unpredictable and may occur after prolonged and apparently uneventful DNP use.

Class

Unclassified