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DXM - The Opiate Addicts's Miracle Drug, PLEASE READ

StrappingYoungLad

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Hey guys a little intro here, this post is about DXM and I was hoping someone could shed a little light on how it has managed to temporarily cure my opiate tolerance and everything that came with it. Part of this message is copied from something I sent to an ex girlfriend whos attending Harvard in the hopes that she could do some published research on the topic and spread the word.

The reason I'm posting it here is because in the past 2 or 3 years of opiate addiction bluelight has given me an amazing resource for harm reduction and drug information and I want to share this with opiate addicts seeking help on this forum.

By the way, before I paste the edited version of what I sent her, I am currently experiencing no withdrawal symptoms thanks to DXM and I was sick as a dog yesterday with no oxycodone left to save my ass. (Took about 4.5 hours after taking my 55mg dose of DXM for withdrawal to cease entirely)
Here's my account of DXM and its effects on reversing opiate tolerance that I sent to my ex:

This drug DXM stands for dextromorphan or something. I need you to research its effects on the brain and the nervous system. This is insane.

Let me try to explain a little bit. It's known as robotussin and its used for coughs and its a dissociative which means it fucks with the central nervous system, but I tried taking 3 times the normal dose in some sort of attempt to reverse my opiate tolerance as ive been going into withdrawal and this is what happened:

Last night it worked and i got high off a dose of oxycodone i havent been able to feel even since last year.

But this is even more INSANE like seriously Alicia I want to jump and shout. It's unlocked memories and removed what I can only describe as a brain fog and has unlocked my personality and I feel like a NORMAL HUMAN BEING I feel like MYSELF for the first time in a long time since I started using opiates.

My theory is that it deactivates the glial cells in the CNS that are responsible for producing whats called 'tolerance' to opiates and the endogenous opiods produced by the brain. In other words, the 'brain damage' (aka tolerance) i've incurred with long term opiate use has been temporarily removed by this otc dissociative drug, DXM. I can FEEL my brains natural pleasure chemicals again and it feels so great. But the thing is NO ONE UNDERSTOOD. After long term opiate abuse at school I was suffering from constant depression and my parents put me in rehab counseling/psychologist/psychiatrist. the psychiatrist gave me SSRI's and they did jack shit but THIS WORKS.
I was depressed and fiending for opiates because I was so overly tolerant to the family of neurotransmitters known as opioids. Apparently these chemicals are as much involved with long term memory and basically EVERYTHING as they are with pleasure.
I cannot believe this, but at the same time, the body builds its own tolerance to DXM, so it's not like I can feel like myself unless I start abusing DXM to reverse opiate tolerance which obviously won't work after a long period of time.

I feel excitement and all kinds of other emotions I haven't known for a year at least. It's insane, it's like I just woke up out of a coma.
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Thanks Bluelight. if a mod wants this to be in journals or trip reports I'd ask them to please wait to move it until some users with advanced knowledge of chemistry have read my anecdotal account and possibly verified it with accurate info, thanks!!!
 
ketamine is known to reverse tolerance to opiates/amphetamines and more

dxm works on the same receptors as ketamine (nmda, glutamate system)- this is not that shocking
 
Thx murphy

Still need to update a few things, some ppl that say they prevented tolerance did end up tolerant but much later, regarding memantine the only long term reports i saw used doses of 30/40mg, 10mg etc likely works short term but tolerance can still creep up later, so its definatly no wonder antidote that makes you immume, NMDA antagonists help a ton, but some caution is adviced (take a week break once and awhile, take 1 or 2 days off in the weekend etc).

Also regarding benzo's, (ive accidently deleted the benzo section while updating) it appears that they work against tolerance to the sedative effects but another study found that tolerance to the anxiolytic effects did occur, on the other hand ive found 3 reports of ppl saying memantine reversed tolerance to the anxiolytic effects of benzo's, but offcourse take with a grain of salt.
 
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sick thread MeDieViL. im forwarding the anecdotal accounts to most of my friends because almost all of them are on an opiate or amphetamine. very nice collection.

what i've found is:

dxm reverses tolerance temporarily depending on how high your tolerance is. it appears to reverse it permanently as well in small amounts so if you take dxm daily you will chip away at your tolerance.

HOWEVER, opiate tolerance returns quickly. in order to prevent this, DO NOT take any opiates without first letting DXM take effect on your nervous system, else your tolerance will jump back up to previous levels in leaps and bounds.
 
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Personally i take 20mg of memantine a day and augment with occasional small ket bumps when i'm on something (k on its own will most likely not work due ot its half life and possible rebound, but the memantine should cover most of the rebound and i have some extra nmda antagonism going on when i'm on other stuff.)
 
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fastandbulbous said:
NMDA antagonist tolerance will also increase and it's a bitch to get down again. After months off dissociatives, a little try revealed that I'm still horribly tolerant to their effects, so they're no wonder drugs
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Tolerance to the recreational effects is a big issue, but it appears that there's no tolerance to the anti tolerance effects.
 
MeDieViL said:
Tolerance to the recreational effects is a big issue, but it appears that there's no tolerance to the anti tolerance effects.
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hey medievil, if this is true, that is very good knowledge to have; hella thanks for sharing it man. that was the only flaw i assumed using dxm for tolerance would have: that after a time of use i would quickly develop tolerance to dxm, but if what you say is true, that kicks so much ass.

i couldnt appreciate this drug more. i was telling my boy who has tried and enjoys it that it was like we went to a doc and said, "doc im having problems with tolerance," and he prescribed dxm. fucking exactly what i asked for!
 
I'm curious about the effect of NMDA antagonists during rapid benzodiazepine withdrawal. Obviously this is a harm reduction site but couldn't high-dose ketamine or DXM prevent the seizures and most of the unpleasant side effects that happen when withdrawing from benzos by keeping glutamate in check?

From what I've been reading it seems like the main problem (grossly simplified mind you) with benzodiazepine withdrawal is that when GABA gets down-regulated, NMDA becomes up-regulated and the up-regulation is what causes most of the nastiness... If you could down-regulate NMDA as well while the brain repairs itself on the GABA side, wouldn't that potentially be an easy way to withdraw from benzodiazepines?
 
AMPA receptors also play a big role in withdrawal guys, NMDA is the major player in tolerance but for proper withdrawal supression i would combine a ampa antagonist (like topiramate) with a NMDA antagonist like memantine.
Topiramate in opiate withdrawal.
Zullino DF, Cottier AC, Besson J.

Division of Substance Abuse, University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland. [email protected]
Abstract
The alpha2-adrenergic agonist clonidine is the mainly used drug for the opiate withdrawal. Its efficacy and tolerance in treating withdrawal symptoms is, however, suboptimal. The pharmacological profile of topiramate suggests it could be rather valuable for opiate withdrawal, as there is some evidence that topiramate acts, among others, through inhibition of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors, which play an important role in the withdrawal-induced activation of the locus coeruleus (LC) by glutamate. Three patients undergoing an inpatient opiate detoxification program were treated with topiramate, which achieved a nearly complete control of withdrawal symptoms.
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There's another case report somewhere of topi supressing benzo withdrawal. It should also prevent seizures (something memantine wont do, unless the seizures are mediated trough NMDA).
 
Dope-a-max? Ugh. Everybody that I know who takes topiramate are quite frankly, stupid, until they get off of it - and then they still remain stupid for weeks or months before they finally recover.

What about oxcarbazepine for seizures? There are studies that show carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine to both be effective in managing benzo withdrawal and oxcarbazepine in particular interests me because of the lesser side effect profile compared to carbamazepine. Memantine is new for me, never heard of it, I would need to look it up...

EDIT: Memantine seems rather benign - I'd be curious what dose I would need. Particularly since I'm a smoker. My insurance covers it under the brand name Namenda although its not cheap...
 
Dope-a-max? Ugh. Everybody that I know who takes topiramate are quite frankly, stupid, until they get off of it - and then they still remain stupid for weeks or months before they finally recover.
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Its just temporary untill the withdrawals are over man, wouldnt take it long term myself:p Memantine should be taken daily with the drug your taking for reduction in tolerance.

Yeah there's other stuff that works againt seizures, but topi is special because it actually helps with the withdrawal symptons itself too (besides preventing seizures).
 
I don't know if I could handle Topamax - for one, I'm already on Wellbutrin, which has almost entirely suppressed my appetite as it is (and I'm already about 30 pounds under recommend weight for my build and height) and two, if there are side effects, I'm likely to get all of them.

So with memantine, is it a once daily thing? I noticed there are 5 and 10mg doses available... Ideally I would like to taper off my 2mg Klonopin at a rate of 25% per week... but with no other drugs in my system but Wellbutrin, I couldn't even handle 1.75mg after the second day and had to take an extra milligram to get under control... Funny considering I cut 1mg flat-out in December with no withdrawal issues.

I was dead serious about trying to use K to suppress NMDA by keeping myself at 2nd plateau levels - not really psychedelic but just enough out there to not care and just chill - but if memantine can do it and I still function, that's even better.
 
Good to hear you feel better I would not do opies anymore if i had your chance. they have ruined enough shit for 6 lifetimes.....
I dont believe glial cells/neurons can be "deactivated". Activated brain areas create neurons to form networks to tighten response, but die off if not used. Short term memory is the best example.
Possibly antagonism, but I would look into the memory centers of the brain.

Go borrow a fMRI machine from a hospital. jk

I was hoping someone could shed a little light on how it has managed to temporarily cure my opiate tolerance and everything that came with it. Part of formthis message is copied from something I sent to an ex girlfriend whos attending Harvard in the hopes that she could do some published research on the topic and spread the word.

The reason I'm posting it here is because in the past 2 or 3 years of opiate addiction bluelight has given me an amazing resource for harm reduction and drug information and I want to share this with opiate addicts seeking help on this forum.

By the way, before I paste the edited version of what I sent her, I am currently experiencing no withdrawal symptoms thanks to DXM and I was sick as a dog yesterday with no oxycodone left to save my ass. (Took about 4.5 hours after taking my 55mg dose of DXM for withdrawal to cease entirely)
Here's my account of DXM and its effects on reversing opiate tolerance that I sent to my ex:



Thanks Bluelight. if a mod wants this to be in journals or trip reports I'd ask them to please wait to move it until some users with advanced knowledge of chemistry have read my anecdotal account and possibly verified it with accurate info, thanks!!![/QUOTE]
 
I'd hate to break it to you (even though it seems it's already been broken) but Dextromethorphan (or any NMDA antagonists for that matter) will play about as big of a role in alleviating opiate/oid withdrawal symptoms as Diphenhydramine, Naproxen and Loperamide do. On a relief factor, it *may* lie somewhere between the OTC remedies and Benzodiazepines/Barbituates.

Someone with a very mild Codeine addiction would probably benefit from a combination of DXM with the other remedies listed, but a Heroin addict that injects 2+ grams a day for years will not think of it as a 'miracle drug' at all.

Back when I was that Heroin addict I just spoke of, I tried DXM, Ketamine, PCP, all the OTC methods, Benzos, Barbituates, Clonidine, etc; trying to find the *right* combination for making withdrawal at least somewhat tolerable. Even throwing a Methadone taper into the mix didn't work. The only thing that got me off of Heroin was making my first visit to my PCP (not to be confused with Phencyclidine) in order to get on Suboxone maintenance. When he saw that I was in severe withdrawals 6 hours after injecting 7 'Philly' bags, he put me on 32mg of Suboxone instantly. I went through a pretty nasty withdrawal for about 48 hours, but got back to baseline at around 72 hours. That was 13 months ago and now I am down to 8mg once per day with zero relapses. The only time(s) I've ever felt a craving were after I'd get done with an intense workout and I'd see a vein that originally had collapsed suddenly re-appear, sort of announcing to the monkey in me, "Hey, I'm back! Whatcha got for me?"... anyways, I'll leave it at that.

Sorry for the long post. I just don't want anybody to see this thread title and get their hopes up without diving deep into the data and personal experiences and go lock themselves in a room with a couple of bottles of cough syrup thinking they'll be "cured" by a "miracle drug".

By the way, hello everyone. I recognize a few names and posting styles from the old BL, the bee's nest, PhreeX's old board, etc. My account got canned back when BL had the "re-boot" or whatever around 2005(?), so unfortunately I can't access it/it doesn't exist anymore, and I've just been lurking for years.

Peace!
 
Thx for your reply, any other that tried DXM for opiate withdrawal WITHOUT succes? We need as many anecdotal reports as possible to see what looks promosing and what does not.

The reports on NMDA antagonism and tolerance do seem consistent, withdrawal is mediated by differend mechanism, the case reports ive posted above seem to indicate that glutamate induced ampa activation plays a major role in that, but thats only 3 case reports.

The ones reporting succes usually post but those that do not usually dont mention it, wich can give a biased perspective.
 
MeDieViL said:
Thx for your reply,
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No problem.

The ones reporting succes usually post but those that do not usually dont mention it, wich can give a biased perspective.
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You hit the nail on the head there. I probably wouldn't have even mentioned it if the title didn't read "DXM - The Opiate Addict's Miracle Drug, PLEASE READ". In all honesty I think the title should be changed to something regarding research of DXM and other dissociatives as possible aids in alleviating certain withdrawal symptoms in mild Opiate/oid users. But that's just me.

Too many people will just glance at a topic like this/read the first post and then go buy a bunch of DXM and try to kick and will either have no results and no money to go get their fix since it didn't work, or end up in a level 5 (What was that called again, Sigma?) plateau DXM trip *while* going through Opiate withdrawals. I know it sounds asinine, but it's true.
 
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