[IfItDoesTheTrick]

Hey all, I wrote something similar in the alternative medicine forum, but its different. I was wondering if anyone has a trick or knows another medicine that you can take along with you pain meds that make them more effective, last longer, or kick in better.

The reason I ask is because I am on Oxycontin at a very large dose and now opana IR 10's for breakthrough and some days they are stronger then others, but I always have to increase my dose. I really dont want to do that anymore. I have heard rumors of things you can take that make this problem not occur and that there are things you can take that actually make the pills last the twelve hours that purdue claims they should.

If anyone has anything that relates to this, I am sure this thread would get lots of attention so feel free to post your thoughts, or what you do. Any trick/tips that you have are more then welcome. The pamphlets that come with your meds only tell you to take on a full or empty stomach, but I know that everyone has little tricks that work for them, so please drop a line or what you do. I would greatly appreciate it and I am sure that a lot of other people in our community with chronic pain or people who have to take pain medication on a daily basis would greatly appreciate it and who knows they could try what you do and greatly benefit from it.

On a side note, I know that there are people out there that do their pills or should I say let their nose do there pills, inject them, or chew them, but that makes them only last a very short time, so I am not looking for that,but if it works for you post it!. sometimes I know everyone likes to get a little high and since I dont really drink for fear of getting really sick, sometimes I play too, but I am looking for more of a long term response.

Thanks to all who care here at Drugs.com. I think that this community is great (besides a few of you, and you know who you are, that are constantly being told in forums that you're ignorant and things like that, unless its by someone that is just saying your a pain out of nowhere even when you didn't say anything...Sorry I had to add that, I just read the post where someone did that to someone else and they hadn't even responded to that forum, well at least not until they were talked badly about.)

[MaisieC]

You gotta realize that "playing" with your pain medications is a slippery slope, and that a community of recovering addicts are not likely to give you hints and tips about how to get a better high off them. If they did, the admins would take the thread down. Please be careful with your meds.

I agree this is a great community. I think this is a great time for people to avoid stirring stuff up. There's been a HUGE amount of drama on this site over the past couple of months, and a lot of people have left in disgust. The place is much poorer without them. Let's just please stick to the business of helping each other and avoid dragging drama from one thread to another.

[IfItDoesTheTrick]

Hey,

I am trying to avoid people including that sort of stuff that is why I mentioned it. I am not looking to get high, that stopped two years ago. I am looking to have my meds work the way they should as I said in the post.

Not everyone on meds is an addict and I am sure there are people here that can give advise that arent just recovering addicts and even if they are why wouldnt they be able to provide what information on what they did when they took there pain meds properly to make them work 12 hours as the label says. If you read my other posts Im not one of those bad people. Im not here to get high, I dont offend others.
I am just someone that is in pain and on ridiculous meds that is looking for betters ways to manage that. I feel like you think Im some asshole that is disrespecting your home and I am not, I am looking for serious advice, if this thread is not for you, I am sorry, but its just not for you.

[Robert_325]

IfItDoesTheTrick ...... Coming on here and talking about assholes to a lady who has treated you with respect is not going to get you any kind of help here. My serious advice is that if you can't speak in a more respectful tone and use proper language that you leave and go elsewhere. And if you think that I'm an ass that is fine. I couldn't possibly care any less. You DO offend people here whether you think you do or not.

[doc.rose]

Hey Robert! I think he was saying that he is not an a-hole. I think!! That he is just trying to get information on how to get his meds to be more effective. He should not have used the "A" word though.

[IfItDoesTheTrick]

When typing anything your true emotions are not included, it is just a string of words that people can take how ever they would like, interpreted with the mood they are in when they read it.

I was not trying to disrespect or be mean to anybody. I thought that it was necessary to clarify that in saying I'm not some Ahole that is looking to get high as the response I got I interpreted that way. From day one I tried to make that clear, but knew making a thread asking how pain meds could be more effective, that I would receive responses saying that I should do crazy things.

By using this community, which by the way is one of the better on the web, all I want is to receive information and ideas that can better my life, while giving information I have along the way.

I am trying to make threads that are specific to topics that I feel will receive lots of attention because a lot of people have similar troubles.

At the bottom of this thread I was not telling you that you were anything I was actually in some way standing up for you. I was actually referring to a post I saw where someone was criticizing your advice and who you are. I thought it was funny because you didn't even post of that thread. I am sorry I should have just stayed out of it. I thought you would get it and laugh. I try and always make people laugh and smile because of all meds out there they are the strongest.

I hope going forward you will see that and realize that I am a genuine individual. I will try and make it clear what exactly I mean so that I don't come off offensive or in a way that would lead anyone to think that I am trying to be disrespectful in anyway. I apologize, but I see where my words could be taken in ways other then what I meant.

I was a little upset that someone thought I was just looking to get high and used inappropriate language, and I promise that I will never use such language in the future.

Please though, when reading my words or anyone's words I think we have to be more careful to understand what they are actually trying to say.. I am guilty of this myself.

[MaisieC]

Hi ifit,

I never thought you were an asshole, and I don't think my post really indicated that I thought that. I understand that you're a pain patient on high doses of prescribed meds, and I thought your question was entirely legitimate. I was simply bothered by your encouraging peeps to post about snorting their drugs, even though you're not into that. I was also bothered by your saying that you occasionally "play" with your pain meds, and you seemed to indicate that was OK because you don't drink. I don't think my discomfort was due to my failure to read carefully: I think you said those things. I asked you to be careful with your meds, and it sounds like from your reply that you do have some experience with drug abuse, so you know what I'm getting at. That's all I was concerned about.

I don't know who the "you" is in your most recent comment. Is it Robert? Or me? This is one of the potential problems with these cross-thread comments, and I know you've seen that we've had a lot of brouhaha with that kind of thing on the site recently. I hope it's settling down now. This is a great site, with a lot of great people on it. There's always a certain amount of emotion around these issues, and sometimes things flare up.

I gotta take a break from this site for a while, guys. I don't have the energy right now.

Take good care,
Maisie

[IfItDoesTheTrick]

sorry for assuming that. I can not edit it now, but didn't carefully read my own post before posting it. I meant to say if that's what you do great, just don't post it. And I really wasn't referring to those actions as what I do but meaning sometimes I like to smoke, but didn't really find it necessary to put that on here.

I again am sorry for using the a word. I know that I have used these sympathetic words a lot, but want you all to know that they do have meaning. If they didn't I wouldn't bother saying them. When I used a word like that, I guess my meaning is different from a lot of peoples. I just meant that I felt that I was being judged and I should have used better words/language. Hopefully thats all in the past and as a community we can move past that, and let it be what it was. I don't want to start any unnecessary drama.

With the "you" thing, I am sorry for that and have already apologized that. I should have stayed out of that, I just saw that somebody was talking trash about others who hadn't even placed an opinion on that thread. None of my business I know, I guess I am just trying to get to know people on here in situations some what similar to my own.

I just want to make sure that I am not offending people, and apparently I am when I don't even try. I will apologize for that and hopefully that doesn't continue. I still continue to post here so I hope that it doesn't make anyone leave or not come on for awhile, as I never intended on having that effect, actually it puts me down that I even could. I guessed I happened to miss some drama, and I don't want to become part of that so I will definitely watch what I say from now on.

Over and out.

[HidingMyself]

Welll.. In my opinion, althought proboaly not recommended.. but i find that Benzos increase the effects of pain meds, and maybe a beer or two.. but mixing both can becoem very dangerous even at low levels, they all depress your respirtory system. People do it everyday without OD'ing but people do it an do OD so its like playing russian roullette

[Robert_325]

You're right it isn't recommended at all except by people trying to see how buzzed they can get. Mixing beer and benzos with your pain pills is a great way to increase their effectiveness. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT ROADS YOU'LL BE DRIVING ON SO I CAN STAY HOME.

This forum isn't for all this nonsense. I don't know what is going on around here lately with the goofy junk people are posting. It's like people are trying to figure out how to have the best party they possibly can to get messed up. Starting to really get on my nerves.

Wish that people who want to see how high they can get would go somewhere else. Now just go ahead and come back and tell me how you think that I am being "holier than thou" and all that kind of garbage. I don't really care.

[doc.rose]

Robert........Well said!!

[IfItDoesTheTrick]

to robert and all:

Sorry for posting this thread. I see now what it will get filled with.. I wasnt looking for this at all, but apparently I cant edit it. Thank you for taking care of that comment that was posted Robert.

To hidingmyself: I know you say you don't recommend it, but then why would you post it, youll be doing more then hiding yourself, buddy, youll be putting yourself in a wooden box in the ground!

[Robert_325]

Originally Posted by IfItDoesTheTrick

to robert and all:

Sorry for posting this thread. I see now what it will get filled with.. I wasnt looking for this at all, but apparently I cant edit it. Thank you for taking care of that comment that was posted Robert.

To hidingmyself: I know you say you don't recommend it, but then why would you post it, youll be doing more then hiding yourself, buddy, youll be putting yourself in a wooden box in the ground!

I'm glad to see you finally recognize why you got the reaction that you received when this thread was originally posted. Just like Maisie's first reply, those of us who've been around know what this type of thread will fuel regardless of your intention.

There are people reading forums like this just waiting for an opportunity to make ignorant replies. Just watch yourself with subject matter of posts as this is obviously not what we are looking for on this or similar wellness forums. God bless.