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Opioids How can I lower my tolerance? (1g of oxy per day)

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Is it possible for me to lower my opiate tolerance? It's super high for my size( I'm a girl,95lbs,5'2) & I have to take around 120mgs of Oxycodone at a time to feel it.I do that like 7-12 times a day,more if I can get my hands on it.I snort it,I don't think I wanna do it any other way.But is there anything I can do so that I'll need less? It's hard to find enough pills to keep me high.Help!
 
A gram of oxy a day is quite the habit. There is no easy solution to your problem and the only way to lower your tolerance is to start taking less opiates. You need to taper down where you take less and less each day until you are at a much lower level. Then you may be able to feel something at lower dose. There is no way you can keep on getting high 10 times a day and expect to lower your tolerance at the same time though.
 
Will my tolerance lower as I get older? I'm 20,& my friend who's 27 has a much lower tolerance than me,will mine lower as I get older?
 
It will lower with time if you slowly lower your dosage. If you keep using at the level you are at then it will continue to rise. There is no real correlation with tolerance and age. It is merely a function of how much you have been using recently.
 
lady finger said:
It will lower with time if you slowly lower your dosage. If you keep using at the level you are at then it will continue to rise. There is no real correlation with tolerance and age. It is merely a function of how much you have been using recently.
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Actually, older people tend to need less of an opiate medication than normal aged adults.

Overall, men need less opiates than women as well.

These are things that I remember learning during the Opiates lecture of my pharmacology/toxicology course. :)

However, if you ask the question "will my tolerance get lower as I get older - as I do plan on continuing to use oxycodone every day...", I am sorry, I doubt any age-related tolerance change as you get older will barely be noticeable, as you have already pushed your tolerance quite high. This won't change until you get a nice long break off of it.
 
Captain.Acetaminophen said:

Overall, men need less opiates than women as well.

These are things that I remember learning during the Opiates lecture of my pharmacology/toxicology course. :)
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That I did not know, im quite surprised like in general men are heavier built than most female and thus needing larger doses of alcohol to get intoxicated. (Or am I wrong?)

Do you know why its the opposit with opiates?
 
Damn. Yeah it must be hard! As stated, your tolerance is going to get even higher the more you continue like this. You simply need to take less and less and your tolerance will fall.

A first step would be to not dose as many times a day! you dont have to be high ALL day. instead of 7-12 times... try taking 120mg 4 times a day so that would drop your daily dose to 500mg a day. within even a week a drop that significant would lower your tolerance. if you REALLY want it to drop quickly youll just have to endure some discomfort... try going 2-3 days on the most minimal dose that you can... like 150mg twice a day, or even lower, just enough to keep you out of significant withdrawal... after only 3 days you will have withdrawn a lot and significantly dropped your tolerance.

basically the only way it is going to go down is if you take less and have some discomfort... or taper slow enough and you wont notice at all.
 
you need to get off that drug and stay off for a while if you want to significantly lower your tolerance.
 
I agree w/ everyone else, the solution is simple, just tapper down to as low of a dose as you can or wish to. Then stay at that new lowered daily dose for at least 7-10 days and you will have successfully lowered your tolerance. ThE catch of course, is that during the tapering period, you won't be getting "high", your goal during this time is ONLY to lower your daily dosage without getting sick. Essentially its a trade off, you will be giving up that high in return for a lower tolerance. I do have some suggestions though:

1) Opiates work best when taken in a single, large, "bulbous" dose. So IMO, you should first try dosing the same amount, but instead of your say 8 daily doses, make it 3-6 daily doses. You will likely find that by doing this you won't need to take as much drug b/c you will be using it more efficiently, and like magic---instant lowered tolerance.

2) Also, eat some, but preferably all of your pills instead of snorting them. This is another more efficient way to use, resulting in a "lower tolerance" (tolerance not really lowered but the result is the same--less drug w/ same effects)

3) If you do tapper, then definately eat your pills as this will be more efficient and each dose will last longer making the taper easier
 
Dam! Thats a high tolerance what I would do is try to taper down if you can. You could also look into Kratom that seems to help alot of people taper down. And your age is not goin to make a substantial difference to your tolerance at all that just sounds like a pipe dream.
 
ultra low dose naltrexone
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Do you really think this is wise advice considering the OP doesn't even understand how tolerance works? Telling her to take a potent antagonist that will throw her into unimaginable horrible precipitated withdrawal unless she knows exactly what she is doing. You don't expand on your recommendations at all or tell her why this might work. Clearly for someone with her habit it is the very last thing she should be trying as well.
 
amapola said:
Do you really think this is wise advice considering the OP doesn't even understand how tolerance works? Telling her to take a potent antagonist that will throw her into unimaginable horrible precipitated withdrawal unless she knows exactly what she is doing. You don't expand on your recommendations at all or tell her why this might work. Clearly for someone with her habit it is the very last thing she should be trying as well.
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:| sorry.

i figured if its even an option OP would google it or search for it here

christ, atleast im adding something other than "QUIT NOW COLD TURKEY OR DIE!!!:X"


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Oh dear, I think all that needs to be said has been, but I would definitely second eating them. Oxy has a very very high oral bioavailability, which means it's best taken orally. Are you snorting the roxy 30's? That is A LOT of powder to put of your nose daily, and you run a very high risk of getting a bad sinus infection or a deviated septum, which you don't want.

Also, I would maybe try taking something like 200mg 2-3 times a day. Like people have said before, if you take a larger dose once rather than small ones multiple times, you will feel it a lot more
 
Definitely can't keep taking that much Opiates on a daily basis unless your filthy rich which you might be and or you happen to know a Dr. Feel Good lol but you CAN'T be taking that much shit up your nose no matter what and you do know the fun HAS TO STOP eventually like you can't just keep upping your dose.
 
IMO you have no place taking a gram of oxycodone a day if you think tolerance will magically lower with age even with consistent use. You're setting yourself up for misery. I recommend you taper very gradually since a gram a day habit would be hell to cold turkey.

Your 27 year old friend has a lower tolerance because she uses less opioids.
 
I really sugest you start tapering now. You on an extreamly excessive amount and may even need to go to a detox clinic to help you safely get it out of your system. If you don't start tapering off it or go some were for help you will die.
 
Girl, I will put it to you straight. Your habit is going to either kill you or cause extreme withdrawls. You need to stop taking them for a while and if you start taking them again do it responsibly and not take a gram a day.

There are several threads on here giving info about opiate tapers and withdrawl help.

Good luck to you
 
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