diff --git a/code/modules/mob/_modifiers/modifiers.dm b/code/modules/mob/_modifiers/modifiers.dm
index 665ae80617..ca0f96d07b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/_modifiers/modifiers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/_modifiers/modifiers.dm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 // Checks if the modifier should be allowed to be applied to the mob before attaching it.
 // Override for special criteria, e.g. forbidding robots from receiving it.
-/datum/modifier/proc/can_apply(var/mob/living/L)
+/datum/modifier/proc/can_apply(var/mob/living/L, var/suppress_output = FALSE)
 	return TRUE
 
 // Checks to see if this datum should continue existing.
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
 // Call this to add a modifier to a mob. First argument is the modifier type you want, second is how long it should last, in ticks.
 // Third argument is the 'source' of the modifier, if it's from someone else.  If null, it will default to the mob being applied to.
 // The SECONDS/MINUTES macro is very helpful for this.  E.g. M.add_modifier(/datum/modifier/example, 5 MINUTES)
-/mob/living/proc/add_modifier(var/modifier_type, var/expire_at = null, var/mob/living/origin = null)
+// The fourth argument is a boolean to suppress failure messages, set it to true if the modifier is repeatedly applied (as chem-based modifiers are) to prevent chat-spam
+/mob/living/proc/add_modifier(var/modifier_type, var/expire_at = null, var/mob/living/origin = null, var/suppress_failure = FALSE)
 	// First, check if the mob already has this modifier.
 	for(var/datum/modifier/M in modifiers)
 		if(ispath(modifier_type, M))
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@
 
 	// If we're at this point, the mob doesn't already have it, or it does but stacking is allowed.
 	var/datum/modifier/mod = new modifier_type(src, origin)
-	if(!mod.can_apply(src))
+	if(!mod.can_apply(src, suppress_failure))
 		qdel(mod)
 		return
 	if(expire_at)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/_modifiers/modifiers_misc.dm b/code/modules/mob/_modifiers/modifiers_misc.dm
index 9d87088dae..743e41bd1d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/_modifiers/modifiers_misc.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/_modifiers/modifiers_misc.dm
@@ -112,16 +112,18 @@ the artifact triggers the rage.
 			var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = holder
 			H.shock_stage = last_shock_stage
 
-/datum/modifier/berserk/can_apply(var/mob/living/L)
+/datum/modifier/berserk/can_apply(var/mob/living/L, var/suppress_failure = FALSE)
 	if(L.stat)
-		to_chat(L, "<span class='warning'>You can't be unconscious or dead to berserk.</span>")
+		if(!suppress_failure)
+			to_chat(L, "<span class='warning'>You can't be unconscious or dead to berserk.</span>")
 		return FALSE // It would be weird to see a dead body get angry all of a sudden.
 
 	if(!L.is_sentient())
 		return FALSE // Drones don't feel anything.
 
 	if(L.has_modifier_of_type(/datum/modifier/berserk_exhaustion))
-		to_chat(L, "<span class='warning'>You recently berserked, and cannot do so again while exhausted.</span>")
+		if(!suppress_failure)
+			to_chat(L, "<span class='warning'>You recently berserked, and cannot do so again while exhausted.</span>")
 		return FALSE // On cooldown.
 
 	if(L.isSynthetic())
@@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ the artifact triggers the rage.
 			return FALSE // Happy trees aren't affected by blood rages.
 
 	if(L.nutrition < nutrition_cost)
-		to_chat(L, "<span class='warning'>You are too hungry to berserk.</span>")
+		if(!suppress_failure)
+			to_chat(L, "<span class='warning'>You are too hungry to berserk.</span>")
 		return FALSE // Too hungry to enrage.
 
 	return ..()
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/Chemistry-Reagents/Chemistry-Reagents-Modifiers.dm b/code/modules/reagents/Chemistry-Reagents/Chemistry-Reagents-Modifiers.dm
index d9a7483ec1..cd2e6767b4 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/Chemistry-Reagents/Chemistry-Reagents-Modifiers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/Chemistry-Reagents/Chemistry-Reagents-Modifiers.dm
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@
 	metabolism = REM
 
 	var/modifier_to_add = /datum/modifier/berserk
-	var/modifier_duration = 2 SECONDS	// How long, per unit dose, will this last?
+	var/modifier_duration = 3 SECONDS	// How long, per unit dose, will this last?
+										// 2 SECONDS is the resolution of life code, and the modifier will expire before chemical processing tries to re-add it
 
 /datum/reagent/modapplying/affect_blood(var/mob/living/carbon/M, var/alien, var/removed)
 	if(alien == IS_DIONA)
 		return
-	M.add_modifier(modifier_to_add, dose * modifier_duration)
+	M.add_modifier(modifier_to_add, modifier_duration, suppress_failure = TRUE)
 
 /datum/reagent/modapplying/cryofluid
 	name = "cryogenic slurry"