Bomb319
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This should work whether you're on maintenance, or just using liquid methadone as your drug of choice.
It's well known that methadone absorption is very strongly affected by acid content of the stomach. In fact, it has been said that an acidic stomach can potentially cause you to lose as much as ONE THIRD of your dose! Naturally, many people already know that taking antacids before their methadone will often result in increased efficacy and duration.
However, I find this to be hit or miss; liquid methadone is absorbed fairly quickly since it doesn't need to be dissolved. Taking a few Tums might not get the stomach alkaline enough to effectively absorb more methadone, and pills like Zantac may not either - especially since timing is always an issue. So here's what you do: right before taking your liquid dose, dissolve one to two teaspoons of baking soda into a cup of water (preferably flavored, as it tastes like shit). If you do this about 5-10 minutes before dosing, it should make a huge difference.
When I tried this, I actually got quite high from my daily dose for the first time in awhile. Almost enough to actually nod. Not only that, if you follow my posts, you probably know that I have issues with it wearing off too quickly, to the point where I can be in fairly brutal withdrawal by the next morning, and potentially much worse if I miss even one day. Last night was brutal, for example; I had doubled my dose for more efficacy, however I was so sick overnight, I was pouring sweat while shivering at the same time and basically had to force myself minute by minute to relax as much as possible and wait for the pharmacy to open.
Yet when I did the baking soda trick, nothing whatsoever happened. While no longer feeling it the next day and certainly no longer high, it lasted MUCH longer and saved me from a very unpleasant withdrawal. The day after getting "high" from it, I simply felt completely normal.
I hope people try this and report back on this topic; this could potentially really help many people who have been on MMT for years and have built enough tolerance to feel slightly sick too quickly, yet can no longer really increase their dose.
It's well known that methadone absorption is very strongly affected by acid content of the stomach. In fact, it has been said that an acidic stomach can potentially cause you to lose as much as ONE THIRD of your dose! Naturally, many people already know that taking antacids before their methadone will often result in increased efficacy and duration.
However, I find this to be hit or miss; liquid methadone is absorbed fairly quickly since it doesn't need to be dissolved. Taking a few Tums might not get the stomach alkaline enough to effectively absorb more methadone, and pills like Zantac may not either - especially since timing is always an issue. So here's what you do: right before taking your liquid dose, dissolve one to two teaspoons of baking soda into a cup of water (preferably flavored, as it tastes like shit). If you do this about 5-10 minutes before dosing, it should make a huge difference.
When I tried this, I actually got quite high from my daily dose for the first time in awhile. Almost enough to actually nod. Not only that, if you follow my posts, you probably know that I have issues with it wearing off too quickly, to the point where I can be in fairly brutal withdrawal by the next morning, and potentially much worse if I miss even one day. Last night was brutal, for example; I had doubled my dose for more efficacy, however I was so sick overnight, I was pouring sweat while shivering at the same time and basically had to force myself minute by minute to relax as much as possible and wait for the pharmacy to open.
Yet when I did the baking soda trick, nothing whatsoever happened. While no longer feeling it the next day and certainly no longer high, it lasted MUCH longer and saved me from a very unpleasant withdrawal. The day after getting "high" from it, I simply felt completely normal.
I hope people try this and report back on this topic; this could potentially really help many people who have been on MMT for years and have built enough tolerance to feel slightly sick too quickly, yet can no longer really increase their dose.
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