dino haze said:
Is this worth doing for someone taking 8,000mg APAP within a 24-hour period?
I personally do it with every single pill containing APAP, no matter how many mg it is. Why? Because I want the hydrocodone, not the APAP. I don't care what the "safe" level is. I don't like ingesting any form of poison unless it's going to get me high.
Don't say "sure, just do a lot at once"
I do it with as little as (3) 5/500 pills at a time.
Throwing five Vicodin ES' into a glass, dissolving them and filtering them for consumption sounds way too easy and good to be true.
That's it. I do this all the time.
1. Throw pills in a shot glass
2. Fill shot glass with water (distilled water is best - water impurities can keep the APAP in solution).
3. Let pills sit for a minute or two and they'll fully dissolve
4. Stir
5. Pour through two pre-wetted coffee filters (doubled-up for extra strength and filtering)
6. Carefully squeeze filters to get the precious hydro solution out. Don't squeeze too hard while there is still liquid in the filters or the side will burst and spray your precious yield everywhere. Once all the liquid is squeezed out, twist the filters on top to make them look like a tootsie pop wrapper. Then squeeze the filters/APAP solids with the force of God to get every last drop out. I'm a big strong guy, so I can usually press out almost every drop, which leaves a partially dry, almost powdered form of APAP behind in the filters.
I'm sure there are a million things that can go wrong
No. There is only one thing that can go wrong: you spill.
and from what I've read one of the most common problems is that you sacrifice some of the good stuff in the process.
To avoid losses:
1. Don't spill.
2. Pre-wet the coffee filters, or use actual lab-grade hydrophobic filters.
3. Don't skimp on the amount of water you use. I always use WAY more than I need, like 50ml for (3) 5/500 pills. That will ensure maximum hydro dissolution.
5. Use distilled water. Impurities in tap water can severely affect this type of separation.
6. Don't cool the mixture in the fridge/freezer. You'll filter out slightly less APAP this way, but you'll also retain slightly more hydro.
Or, forget all this crap and buy a centrifuge. Mix the pills with water and pour it into the centrifuge tubes. Spin and the APAP will compact to the bottom of the tubes. Then you can just drink the hydro solution out of the tube like it's a shot.