Context: In 1938 Nazi Germany, Pervitin was developed a methamphetamine drug for civilian usage. Nazi military doctor Otto Friedrich Ranke tested the drug on 90 university students to study its effects, which led him to conclude that Pervitin could help Nazi Germany win the war.
Methamphetamine use is believed to have played a role in the speed of Nazi Germany’s initial blitzkrieg operations. At the request of Vice-Admiral Hellmuth Heye for a stronger pill that would “keep soldiers ready for battle when they are asked to continue fighting beyond a period considered normal,” a pharmacologist produced a pill dubbed D-IX. The new drug contained cocaine, whose effects substantially overlap with those of amphetamine but feature greater euphoria, and a morphine-based painkiller in addition to Pervitin.
I think people here are really overestimating the effects of the drug and how much of a role it played. The final pill contained 5mg oxycodone, 5mg cocaine, and 3mg meth.
For reference, Desoxyn, and FDA approved treatment for severe binge eating and ADHD, contains 5mg of methamphetamine and can be taken, I believe, up to 3x daily.
Typical oxy doses are between 5-15mg
There is no, to my immediate knowledge, medically accepted therapeutic dose of cocaine. However, we know that a recreational dose is ~200mg for a first timer and is taken in a way that delivers its effect very quickly. The pharmacokinetics of snorting vs typical ingestion is totally different, and if there ever were an established therapeutic dose for it, it’s very likely it would be around 1/50 of a starting rec dose; that’s generally consistent with other, better understood and commonly abused drugs
Not that I think anyone would, but below is an opinion on effects of higher dosing. I’m not a doctor nor a pharmacists, so this is my fat ass guessing. I could be wrong, but I don’t think I am. Don’t do drugs (at least not any of these):
Because of this, I’m very hesitant to believe the other claims in this thread. These doses, even several times them in the case a soldier would have taken 4 or 5, would have caused some euphoria for sure. But it’s extremely unlikely they would have caused addiction or dependence at such low doses taken so infrequently. It’s much more likely that most people who took it were a bit wired and less likely to notice pain from hitting the deck quickly