Noddy Boy
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OK, so all too often where I live, OC is ever rising in price.
Because of this, dealers are losing a lot of business. So to help the situation, dealers are starting to break them down and sell quarters, halves or just a "chunk" of a pill. Being that it is far more affordable to buy smaller amounts. I often find myself in this situation where I am forced to purchase a piece cuz I simply don't have the cash to get a whole one.
I also find that the pieces vary in size from time to time since cutting them is not easy and often times the cut ends up uneven or the pill breaks in an unexpected way, leaving oddball pieces. It is hard to sell these pieces without knowing how much is in them, considering they are generally X$ per mg (according to the 2010 price thread here on BL), and people want to get what they pay for. It can make a big difference and add up fast with 10mg here and 10mg there going un-noticed.
Since it seems the most common form available around here are OC 80's, I will be talking about the original formulation that Ethex now distributes.
Method:
I took one 80mg Oxycontin, peeled the coating off and weighed the pill. The scale I used is fairly accurate, and gave me a reading of 250mg. I then worked this into a simple algebra equation, and also made a chart.
a = known Amount of drug
w = known Weight of pill
p = known weight of your Piece in mg's
x = how many mg's of oxycodone you have (the answer)
(a) = 80mg
(w) = 250mg
If you know algebra then I need to explain no further, however for the rest of you out there, here is how it works. It is very simple really, don't let the letters confuse you, it's just a shorter way to write out the math.
Equation: (a) * (p) / (w) = (x)
Example: you have a chunk that weighs approx 50mg, work this into the equation, take 80(a) X 50(p), = 4000, now divide that by 250(w), this equals exactly 16mg of oxycodone.
Math is fun and helpful in many respects, I use this equation for many applications, but found it very handy for this considering I like to know how much of a drug I am using, and not just guessing.
Here is a short chart of some examples:
Chunk(mg) = Drug(mg)
10 = 3.2
20 = 6.4
30 = 9.6
40 = 12.8
50 = 16
60 = 19.2
70 = 22.4
80 = 25.6
90 = 28.8
100 = 32
120 = 38.4
140 = 44.8
160 = 51.2
180 = 57.6
200 = 64
220 = 70.4
240 = 76.8
250 = 80
It's nice to have a quick reference so you don't have to plug in numbers over and over. I am not sure how much this will help others, but I found it useful and decided to share.
Any comments or thoughts are always nice, if I have broken any forum guide-lines I apologize, I am fairly confident that I didn't break any rules but if I did please let me know so I don't accidentally repeat the mistake
-Noddy
Because of this, dealers are losing a lot of business. So to help the situation, dealers are starting to break them down and sell quarters, halves or just a "chunk" of a pill. Being that it is far more affordable to buy smaller amounts. I often find myself in this situation where I am forced to purchase a piece cuz I simply don't have the cash to get a whole one.
I also find that the pieces vary in size from time to time since cutting them is not easy and often times the cut ends up uneven or the pill breaks in an unexpected way, leaving oddball pieces. It is hard to sell these pieces without knowing how much is in them, considering they are generally X$ per mg (according to the 2010 price thread here on BL), and people want to get what they pay for. It can make a big difference and add up fast with 10mg here and 10mg there going un-noticed.
Since it seems the most common form available around here are OC 80's, I will be talking about the original formulation that Ethex now distributes.
Method:
I took one 80mg Oxycontin, peeled the coating off and weighed the pill. The scale I used is fairly accurate, and gave me a reading of 250mg. I then worked this into a simple algebra equation, and also made a chart.
a = known Amount of drug
w = known Weight of pill
p = known weight of your Piece in mg's
x = how many mg's of oxycodone you have (the answer)
(a) = 80mg
(w) = 250mg
If you know algebra then I need to explain no further, however for the rest of you out there, here is how it works. It is very simple really, don't let the letters confuse you, it's just a shorter way to write out the math.
Equation: (a) * (p) / (w) = (x)
Example: you have a chunk that weighs approx 50mg, work this into the equation, take 80(a) X 50(p), = 4000, now divide that by 250(w), this equals exactly 16mg of oxycodone.
Math is fun and helpful in many respects, I use this equation for many applications, but found it very handy for this considering I like to know how much of a drug I am using, and not just guessing.
Here is a short chart of some examples:
Chunk(mg) = Drug(mg)
10 = 3.2
20 = 6.4
30 = 9.6
40 = 12.8
50 = 16
60 = 19.2
70 = 22.4
80 = 25.6
90 = 28.8
100 = 32
120 = 38.4
140 = 44.8
160 = 51.2
180 = 57.6
200 = 64
220 = 70.4
240 = 76.8
250 = 80
It's nice to have a quick reference so you don't have to plug in numbers over and over. I am not sure how much this will help others, but I found it useful and decided to share.
Any comments or thoughts are always nice, if I have broken any forum guide-lines I apologize, I am fairly confident that I didn't break any rules but if I did please let me know so I don't accidentally repeat the mistake
-Noddy
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