heroic doses
Dangerously large amounts
Heroic doses are extremely large amounts of a substance, especially drugs or medications—quantities far beyond standard therapeutic levels.
The phrase appears in psychedelic culture for massive doses of hallucinogens taken to achieve profound experiences: He took a heroic dose of mushrooms.
In medicine, heroic doses historically referred to aggressive treatments physicians used as last resorts.
The term carries a note of recklessness or bravado.
- megadoseExcessive therapeutic quantity
- quantityMeasurable amount present
- harm reductionMinimizing adverse outcomes pragmatically
- potencyDegree of strength
- ego deathTotal loss of identity
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