ColoradoBoy90
Bluelighter
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Please move to other drugs as it will not let me post there.
I know many people say tagament boosts pain medication, but I heard it does so by blocking the enzyme, which results in higher peak levels but I believe I heard somewhere that it also doesn't convert any of Vicodin or oxycodone (or very little) to hydromorphone or oxymorphone. Is this true??
I'm not trying to abuse my medications, rather I constantly have pain so wanted to try to make them last longer without going to a higher dosage. But if it blocks conversion over to the "bigger metabolites" that may explain why sometimes for me tagament works (but I get tired and I need to be function. No, I don't care about "a nod" I'm taking these because I have chronic pain and am prescribed them, but need to be able to function). Othertimes if I try tagament it seems to have zero effect.
Like I can take tagament + oxycodone Extended release, figuring I should have enter pain relief either all day or all night depending on when I take the tagament. I've tested it a few times at night. The results? I wake up 5-6 hours later in W/D!!! And that's crazy because I only take 5mg Norco, 4 times daily. So the 10mg oxycodone slow release taken right before bed should stop me waking up in W/D and pain and coughing and restless legs. But it doesn't. How?? The oxycodone is stronger then 5mg Norco and being released over 12 hours so I don't understand how I can wake up in pain and W/D..Is it the tagament possibly? If so my only guess is because it blocks conversion over to the bigger stronger metabolite. I could try to skip tagament at night but I fear I won't get any sleep if I do. Maybe I'll try it on days I don't have to wake up early, but until then wondering if anyone knows the answer.
I know many people say tagament boosts pain medication, but I heard it does so by blocking the enzyme, which results in higher peak levels but I believe I heard somewhere that it also doesn't convert any of Vicodin or oxycodone (or very little) to hydromorphone or oxymorphone. Is this true??
I'm not trying to abuse my medications, rather I constantly have pain so wanted to try to make them last longer without going to a higher dosage. But if it blocks conversion over to the "bigger metabolites" that may explain why sometimes for me tagament works (but I get tired and I need to be function. No, I don't care about "a nod" I'm taking these because I have chronic pain and am prescribed them, but need to be able to function). Othertimes if I try tagament it seems to have zero effect.
Like I can take tagament + oxycodone Extended release, figuring I should have enter pain relief either all day or all night depending on when I take the tagament. I've tested it a few times at night. The results? I wake up 5-6 hours later in W/D!!! And that's crazy because I only take 5mg Norco, 4 times daily. So the 10mg oxycodone slow release taken right before bed should stop me waking up in W/D and pain and coughing and restless legs. But it doesn't. How?? The oxycodone is stronger then 5mg Norco and being released over 12 hours so I don't understand how I can wake up in pain and W/D..Is it the tagament possibly? If so my only guess is because it blocks conversion over to the bigger stronger metabolite. I could try to skip tagament at night but I fear I won't get any sleep if I do. Maybe I'll try it on days I don't have to wake up early, but until then wondering if anyone knows the answer.