25B-NBOH
(2C-B-NBOH, NBOH-2C-B)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is 25B-NBOH?
25B-NBOH is a psychedelic substance of the phenethylamine class. The effects of this drug are comparable to 25I-NBOMe but 25B-NBOH is believed to have slightly less potential for harm.
Long-term benefits & side effects
The data on this drug is limited. Most of the benefits and side effects below are pure speculation.
Many of the benefits will only occur if you follow the tips below.
Most (if not all) of the side effects are preventable and they will not happen if you follow the Safety checklist.
25B-NBOH…
How (not) to take 25B-NBOH
Forms
25B-NBOH is most often sold on a blotter but you can also find it in a pill or powdered form. It’s best to stay away from powder unless you have an extremely accurate 0.000001g scale since 25B-NBOH is active in micrograms.
Administration
25B-NBOH is inactive when taken orally unless you take extremely high doses. This means that if you swallow an NBOH blooter or a pill, the drug will have no effect.
This is great if you’re taking LSD and you’re afraid that what you have on your blotter is NBOMe/NBOH. When you swallow the blotter, LSD will have an effect while NBOMEs and NBOHs will not.
With that said, if you don’t want to take NBOMes or NBOHs, always test your blotter with a Marquis Reagent Testing Kit. If the drug turns brown, you have NBOMe or NBOH and you may want to trash the drug.
NBOH becomes active when you put it under your tongue or snort it.
Snorting is not recommended for 2 reasons:
1) It is extremely difficult to accurately measure the right dose
2) Even if you manage to snort the right amount, this method still appears to have more side effects since the trip will be more intense
If you decide to put NBOH under your tongue, keep it there for at least 10-15 minutes to get the full effect.
The way you know that your blotter has NBOMe or NBOH on it is that it tastes extremely bitter and makes your tongue numb.
Dosage
One blotter can contain anywhere from 300-1500 µg. There is no way to know how strong your blotter is but getting the substance from a reliable research chemical company like this one is much safer in this regard than buying it on the street.
If you decide to take 25B-NBOH, always start with a low dose and build your way up over time!
Strong-high doses can easily cause you to reach a breakthrough where you lose sense of the physical world. You will become so conscious that you will “go unconscious.”
The last thing you want is to be lying on the ground for hours in nature, let alone on a street or in a club.
So keep in mind that the higher the dose you take, the more important it is to be in a safe environment.
Some people are more sensitive than others. There are people who can take a regular dose and feel nothing while for others, a low dose will already feel extremely strong.
Equivalents for 600 µg of 25B-NBOH
The effects of the psychedelics below are not the same as the effects of 25B-NBOH. This chart only compares the intensity of each substance.
25B-NBOH | 600 µg |
25I-NBOMe | 600 µg |
LSD | 100 µg |
Dry Mushrooms | 1.7 grams |
Mescaline | 250 mg |
Moringa Glory (LSA) | 150 seeds |
HWB (LSA) | 6 seeds |
1P-LSD | 100 µg |
ETH-LAD | 75 µg |
AL-LAD | 115 µg |
ALD-52 | 110 µg |
LSZ | 125 µg |
4-AcO DMT | 15 mg |
4-HO MET | 16 mg |
Safety checklist
Maximize the benefits
Keep in mind that integration is even more important than the trip itself. Taking psychedelics would be almost useless if you didn’t retain any lessons in your day-to-day life.
What will help you the most is contemplating about the experience – be it by journaling, thinking about the trip, or sharing your memories with a trusted friend.
Distracting thoughts can get in the way, which is why you want to spend the day after your trip without TV, social media, and other distractions.
If you can, spend time in silence and solitude. Meditate, go for a walk, contemplate the experience.
Should you listen to music on NBOH?
Music can make the trip more pleasant and greatly increase the benefits. That is why it is used in most psychotherapy sessions.
However, not all music is created equal. Listening to N.W.A. and 2Pac wouldn’t be so helpful. Even positive, relaxing music with lyrics can be a distraction.
If you decide to listen to music on psychedelics, choose calm, classical music with little to no lyrics.
This playlist used in Johns Hopkins psilocybin studies is proven to be extremely effective:
The author of the playlist, Roland Griffiths, went over hundreds of songs and only chose the best of the best based on how his patients responded to the music.
The music should be loud enough so you can hear it clearly but not unpleasantly loud. If you can, play it in your headphones.
Duration
Onset = 10-60 minutes
Come up = 30-90 minutes
Peak = 2-3 hours
Come down = 1.5-4.5 hours
What does 25B-NBOH feel like?
NBOH vs. Acid
The effects of NBOH are similar to LSD but there are a few key differences.
NBOH is usually less introspective, faster-paced, and more anxiety-inducing.
The drug is also more visual than LSD and users report that the visuals are less natural than on LSD or magic mushrooms.
NBOH can lead to body load and intense physical discomfort (although not as intense as if you were to take NBOMe). At higher doses, NBOH can act as a deliriant. Vasoconstriction is also not uncommon but can be prevented or lowered by niacin supplements.
Common effects
Euphoria
Increased creativity and open-mindedness
Mindfulness, being present
Higher capability for love and compassion
Pain relief
Feeling one with all that is
Seeing life from a different perspective
Appreciating small things
Higher energy
Increased awareness
Stamina enhancement
Feeling your emotions more intensely
Memory suppression
Time distortion
Inability to sleep
Visual effects (enhanced colors, seeing patterns in everything, distortions, …)
Getting stuck in a thought loop
Confusion
Nausea
Headache
Inability to focus
Increased body temperature
Increased heart rate
Worse thermoregulation
Difficulty urinating
Anxiety, paranoia
Vulnerability
The higher the dose you take, the more intense these effects will be.
With that said, it is impossible to accurately describe the experience through human language.
The psychedelic affects each individual differently and no two trips are the same. Therefore, there is virtually no way to know what your trip will feel like.
Bad trips are not uncommon for those who take 25B-NBOH.
Bad trips
Bad trips mostly happen because people take the substance irresponsibly. If you take this psychedelic the right way, there is virtually no chance you’ll get a bad trip.
In case you still do, that’s good! A “bad” trip isn’t bad, it can actually be the most healing and insightful moment of your life!
During a “bad” trip, negative emotions are coming up from your subconscious mind. They have always been there whether you are aware of it or not. They have been damaging your life and a difficult trip is an opportunity to process these traumas and unpleasant feelings and let go of them.
The more painful the experience, the more you can heal.
So instead of calling bad trips bad, call them challenging.
If you understand that bad trips are awesome in the long run, not only will you feel more comfortable diving into these challenging states, it will actually excite you!
Why they happen
The most common reasons for getting a bad trip are:
How to cope with a bad trip
How to end a bad trip
In case you are not ready to face your inner demons yet, there are a few ways to end a bad trip.
One possible way is to put on music that is familiar to you. Another way is to switch up your location and move from one place to another. This can completely change your train of thought.
In case the trip becomes extremely challenging and there is no one around you to keep you safe, consider ending your trip with a trip killer.
Using a trip killer usually is not the best idea because the bad emotions will stay unresolved and you will get little to no benefits from the experience. With that said, using a trip killer is smarter than harming yourself.
The 2 best options that you have for ending a bad trip are Phenibut and benzodiazepines.
Phenibut is generally safer. The downside is that it can take hours to kick in.
So to end a trip, use benzodiazepines but only do this if you completely have to.
Interactions
Legality
As of 2022, 25B-NBOH is not scheduled in most countries.
While the drug is not scheduled in the US, you may still get in legal trouble for possessing it because of The Federal Analogue Act.
The drug is not scheduled in Canada and some European countries.
In some of these countries, you cannot take the substance legally but whether or not anyone would care or find out is a different story.
NBOMes vs. NBOHs
The effects of NBOMes (such as 25I-NBOMe and 25B-NBOMe) and NBOHs are almost identical but NBOH usually causes less body load and physical discomfort.
Most psychonauts who have experience with both substances believe that NBOHs are safer than NBOMes, at least as far as your physical health.
As of 2021, there also are no known fatal overdoses associated with NBOH. However, this may be because NBOH substances are not as popular as NBOMes and we know very little about them.
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