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Opioids How Much Codeine Will I Need To Stop Opiate Withdrawals??

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I'm on my 35th hour of cold turkey from a daily amount of 150mg oxy (partly instant release oxycodone capsules and partly the OC oxycontins that can be chewed/crushed to break the time release). I'm not sure of ROA matters with withdrawal but I usually chew my opiates, occasionally insufflating them if looking for more of a rush.

I can get more oxy tomorrow. It is 4:20pm Tuesday here and I get another script from my doctor at 11am Wed.

I managed to get 40mg oxy and unlimited 30mg codeine phosphate pills (well 70+ which is way much for 1 day lol). The pills are pure codeine phosphate btw and contain no acetaminophen so no danger there.

How many codeine and how often will I need to stay out of withdrawal until I get my script???

PLEASE HELP. Despite trebbling up on loperamide I have constant acid diarrhoea and vomiting, am saturated in sweat and have horrible anxiety and despair.


Also PAIN as I legit suffer chronic pain and it's returning with a vengeance.

P.S. my kidneys are killing me. Is this normal acute WD or should I be concerned?
 
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150mg oxy? You're also prescribed... Hmmm that's a tough one. I don't know the answer to this but seeing as codeine is a lot less stronger than OC... I'd say the dose range would have to be pretty high to stop withdrawing completely. I am sorry that I'm not much help, I'd say take a few and wait, take it slow, if worst comes to worst stick it out until tomorrow because you know your dosing range for OC, two different opiates, two different stories. Stay safe.
 
Just looked it up and codeine is 1/20th the strength of oxy. Pretty sure I'd OD if I took 3000mg codeine.
I've took half the oxy (20mg) and 220mg codeine...feel better but still sweaty.
Addictions a BITCH. Not even my fault...got sick and they IV's me morphine for 2 months in intensive care.
At least I got DXM, tylenol and loperamide (thank you Nurse Jackie).
 
I used to get codeine linctus to keep me out of withdrawals from oxy, I was using around 2 or 3 OC80's a day, so 160-240mg.
Half a bottle of codeine linctus would keep me out of withdrawals for a few hours, but I would need to re-dose after 4-5 hours, taking another half a bottle, which is 300mg of codeine each time, I would do this every 5 hours or so until I could score more oxy.
I'd also take either diphenhydramine or promethazine with each dose to cut down side-effects from the codeine and also add to the high a bit, I'd add 50mg of either with each 300mg dose of codeine and that would hold me until I could get oxy.
 
Well I find the general dose comparison depending on the person everyone is different is 100mg codeine = to 10mg Oxycodone some people it is a bit less some a bit more.
 
I took 120mg and 60mg more soon after and just took another 60mg now. That plus loperamide, DXM, cough syrup, no-doze, and 20mg oxy (I have another 20 to take tonight) and I feel surprisingly perky considering.

I just wanted to be careful as I OD'd on 400mg codeine (long before I had an opiate tolerance)...my whle face swelled up, I scratched till I bled and my blood pressure was like 45 over 32 (not exaggerating, I was in hospital a few days). OD is as bad as WD lol...think i've found a nice happy medium here.
 
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I took 120mg and 60mg more soon after and just took another 60mg now. That plus loperamide, DXM, cough syrup, no-doze, and 20mg oxy (I have another 20 to take tonight) and I feel surprisingly perky considering.

I just wanted to be careful as I OD'd on 400mg codeine (long before I had an opiate tolerance)...my whle face swelled up, I scratched till I bled and my blood pressure was like 45 over 32 (not exaggerating, I was in hospital a few days). OD is as bad as WD lol...think i've found a nice happy medium here.
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That sounds like you had a massive histamine release, followed by a panic attack from thinking you're overdosing. Taking anti-histamines would of stopped that happening. Try promethazine or diphenhydramine. Also I think anything over 300mg per dose will always give you a lot of side effects without any extra high, so try not to go over that much each time.
 
I have Night Nurse (a cough syrup) which contains promethazine and DXM, would that help?
 
Yeah, but you already took some DXM, and you don't want to start tripping(absolutely miserable when you're w/d'ing), so careful with the dosage.

Also, I'd stay away from the lope. I took some this month, and it was 4 days before I was getting any effect from my hydromorphone, I wasted about 40 pills before I figured out why they weren't working :|
 
wow those are quite the w/d for only a 120mg oxy habit.. must have had that amount for multiple years? im off oxy/norc 100mg/day for about 1 week used a little Kratom for the first couple days, mentally it will help you
 
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That would be perfect id have thought. Id go easy on the night nurse as alot of DXM on top of the codeine might get unpleasant.
The recommended dose would prob be sufficient. If not, then a double will do the trick. Keep your remaining oxy as long as possible as the codeine will become less effective everytime you dose, due to it use using up the enzymes needed to convert it to a usable drug, and your worsening WD.
Good luck in making it to refill time!
 
Thats not enough to block the effect or absorption of the oxy. blocking up of your bowels for the next week is a distinct possibility though.lol
 
Yep. 1000mg per 20ml dose. So 80ml day max. No more than 20ml every 4 hours.
I hate paracetamol lol. It always pops up in stuff and lowers the amount you can take.
 
For comparison's sake, I dosed myself with 96mg of lope, at which dosage the side-effects were worse than the opiate withdrawal. I hate that shit!

Yeah, I don't think that's enough to have a blockade effect either. Sounds like you're dealing with the w/d's well, good luck till you get your script in!
 
96mg? thats a pretty heroic dose! i dont even want to imagine the WD you must have been going through to have that much. To say nothing of the constipation in the days after!lol
 
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Yep. 1000mg per 20ml dose. So 80ml day max. No more than 20ml every 4 hours.
I hate paracetamol lol. It always pops up in stuff and lowers the amount you can take.
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If you live in the UK you can get diphenhydramine in tesco's own sleeping tablets, they're 50mg of diphenhydramine and nothing else. Or you can get phenergan which is promethazine and nothing else.
 
[Q]UOTE=Oxy8_8;11527153]I'm on my 35th hour of cold turkey from a daily amount of 150mg oxy (partly instant release oxycodone capsules and partly the OC oxycontins that can be chewed/crushed to break the time release). I'm not sure of ROA matters with withdrawal but I usually chew my opiates, occasionally insufflating them if looking for more of a rush.

I can get more oxy tomorrow. It is 4:20pm Tuesday here and I get another script from my doctor at 11am Wed.

I managed to get 40mg oxy and unlimited 30mg codeine phosphate pills (well 70+ which is way much for 1 day lol). The pills are pure codeine phosphate btw and contain no acetaminophen so no danger there.

How many codeine and how often will I need to stay out of withdrawal until I get my script???

PLEASE HELP. Despite trebbling up on loperamide I have constant acid diarrhoea and vomiting, am saturated in sweat and have horrible anxiety and despair.


Also PAIN as I legit suffer chronic pain and it's returning with a vengeance.

P.S. my kidneys are killing me. Is this normal acute WD or should I be concerned?[/QUOTE]

150 mg of oxycodone a day isn't a small amount... If cessation isn't possible, try cutting down on the amount of oxycodone you consume every day (140 mg this week, 130 mg next week, 120 mg the week after...) Exercise helps as well; took some of the edge off of cutting down from morphine.

Various codeine potentiators. Try smoking some weed, as that will help with your appetite and thirst. It also compliments codeine really well. (I "highlighted" parts of your post in red; directly responding to those specific sentences).

Hope you feel better. Those WD symptoms sound like complete hell...
 
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youll need to take about 7- 30mg codene to get good. i used 5-6 and felt good but it didnt last but maybe 1 hour until i wanted- needed more kratom im telling you and LOPE tons
 
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