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Codeine - 3rd & 4th times - best of times/worst of times

RussellG

RussellG

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I have written two reports in one because I feel they go hand in hand.

I was browsing Bluelight one afternoon and found this thread: Nurofen Plus Tablets. I couldn't believe it was true that Nurofen made such a pill. Sure enough I bought a packet.

Note: If the sales person asks if you if you'd like to buy a generic, say no! This is pretty obvious I know. But the ones the sales girl tried to sell me only contained Ibuprofen. I had to worm my way out of the situation by explaining to her that my old pharamacist had instructed me to take Nurofen Plus for migraines.

A few days later I had a chance to take them.

First Report:

Dose: 204.8mg (16 tablets). I split the pills in half and washed it down on an empty stomach with some water.

Setting: Alone at home sitting at the computer talking to a friend. He was interested in the experience and wanted to talk to me while I was high. I was excited and sleepy. I had my Cream Anthems - Winter 2002 (cheesey :)) cd with me, for the sole purpose of hearing the first three songs while I was high (especially the third one). The songs being:

  • Solar Stone - Solarcoaster (Original Mix)
  • Three Drives - Carrera 2 (Original Mix)
  • Tenth Planet - Walk On Water (Original Mix)

I was just reading some websites and talking to my friend (Feel anything yet? Anything now? Are you high? 8)) when at around 15-25 minutes after my dose the effects slowly came over me. I felt very warm and heavy, and I felt like I was sinking into my chair a little. I think I started sweating a little as well, but I didn't care. I was calm and content.

I realised that any problems I had were insignificant and that I was just worried my friends would get ahead of me in life. How stupid it all was! Everything will work out in the end. Codeine showed me this. This is around an hour after I dosed, I was peaking around this time.

I walked around a bit as well. I felt taller somehow. Strange, I'd heard of opiate hullicinations before but not on Codeine!

My friend kept asking me questions. I just kept telling him it was great. Soon afterwards another friend of mind came on. The conversation went something like this:

Friend: Hey Russ.
Me: Hey.
Friend: Whatsup?
Me: Just relaxing with a little Codeine.
Friend: Drugs?
Me: Yeah..
Friend: Oh Ok. Drugs will fuck you up man.
Me: Usually I'd be angry with you... but I'll just say this, you binge drink every weekend. So how is that any different?
Friend: fair enuff.

I put the Cream Anthems CD on and sat back while visiting sites to listen to it. From what I experience Codeine does not make music "feel" any better then it does sober, perhaps a little, but not like Cannabis does. I was fairly indifferent to the music actually, and soon forget about it.

This experience lasted around 4 hours. I came down around the time the CD had finished. All in all I was satisfied and decided to have a swim.

I reported what I'd done on this thread: Nurofen Plus Myth

Second Report:

This occured two days later.

Dose: 409.6mg (32 tablets). Once again I split the pills in half and washed it down on an empty stomach with some water.

Setting: Alone at home again, lying on the couch watching TV waiting for the effects. I waited around 15 minutes watching some stupid show when I decided to go on the computer again.

I chatted to an old friend in the US for a little while. I was very happy and euphoric just like before, around 25-30 minutes after my initial dose.

Then things started to go wrong.

I was pleasently warm, but I soon became unpleasently hot. I was sweating and I started to get a headache (how ironic!). I was no longer euphoric or happy. It's like someone came along and flicked a switch in my brain, cutting of all the good feelings.

I got up and went to get a glass of water. No feeling of being tall this time, just sick. I managed to pour myself a drink, then another. My mouth was very dry (learnt afterwards that opiates make you dehydrate if you're not careful).

I really felt like I was going to throw up so I headed to the toilet. I gagged a little but thats it. I started walking towards my room when I felt sick again. I run to the toilet and again, nothing. This happened three or four times before I managed to get to the couch and watch TV again. Feeling hot and pissed off, realising my dose was a bit high. All in all this experience lasted around an hour! :X

I wrote about this once again here - Nurofen Plus Myth

Conclusion:

Codeine is a good introduction to opiates if you can't get anything else (like me at the moment). It made me realise that increasing my dose would not make the experience any better.

It makes me want to try Heroin even more, and I do believe I will sometime this year. Famous last words? I hope not.

I also had trouble urinating for a few days. You can read about it here: Codeine and urinating.

Hope I haven't bored you to death :)
 
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sounds like you had a nice time on 16, and then you DOUBLED your dosage. i don't think you can conclude by that alone that increasing your dosage would be a bad idea, maybe increase your dose more slowly next time. Then you mention how excited you are to try an opiate like heroin after you had the judgement to double your dosage like that and got sick. please be careful indeed ;)

I get that sick feeling like you described on just one codeine pill after i had my wisdom teeth out, lol maybe its not for me, or maybe i should have cut THAT pill in half, hehe
 
DJAngrE said:
sounds like you had a nice time on 16, and then you DOUBLED your dosage. i don't think you can conclude by that alone that increasing your dosage would be a bad idea, maybe increase your dose more slowly next time.
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I definitely did go overboard with my dosage. Doubling was no doubt a stupid thing todo. I was thinking about my tolerance however, plus I wanted to feel more euphoria. But looking back perhaps a dose of 300mg or maybe even 350mg would have been sufficient?

DJAngrE said:
Then you mention how excited you are to try an opiate like heroin after you had the judgement to double your dosage like that and got sick. please be careful indeed ;)
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It definitely opened my eyes. So if and when I eventually try a harder opiate I will be extra careful. I mean it.
 
Nice report, I enjoyed reading this. Doubling your dosage probably wasnt the next best move, and probably explains where there were so many side effects...

Take care:%)
 
Thanks for sharing.

Doubling the dose was probably not the smartest thing to do.


:)
 
I can't believe I forgot to mention the itchiness I felt. Moreso the second time. It wasn't unexpected. I never felt this my first and second time, they were fairly low doses though (120mg and 150mg).

Thanks for the replies and good advice :D
 
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Just so you know, heroin will be much like your second experiance but just with even less powder.
 
Really? Thats a bit of a downer then. I always imagined it would be far more euphoric.
 
I don't really know when I tried it wasn't spectacular but I guess it's different for different people.

I don't want to put a downer on you :)
 
Just as a clarification for myself, you did not try to filter out the other stuff (like not the codeine)? Never knew you could do that with the Nurofen brand. I used them on my first time (they had the most coedeine out of the ones I could find) and I filtered them because I thought that the other stuff could be harmful.

Although looking at your report it seems that you had no adverse effects (at lower dosages) without filtration, just seems odd to me.

Still, good read others reports. I get the same itchyness when I get some coedeine, but its still a nice euphoria =D

Fragment
 
<- Word!

Codeine is one of the most underestimated drugs out there. Its got the capacity to be absolutely fucking awesome. Definately will remain one of my favourite drugs of all time. Unfortunately though, due to that, its got a relatively high addictive potential (which is why I'm not doing it anymore).

Yeah, everyone else already said it so I won't rub it in, just play careful with codeine and it won't bite you too hard, but doubling your dose is silly. As far as I know, the LD50 for codeine hovers around 450mgs or 500mgs for your average person without tolerance. Anything above 300mgs should be considered dangerous.

Great to see though, that you've had a decent amount of fun. I'm one of those lucky people who has never got the 'itch' or nausea as a result of taking codeine (except as a byproduct of sorbitol being included in the codeine containing product I was consuming). But its great to see people getting high. Play safe and nice trip report.

:D

-plaz out-
 
Codeine sucks big time. Tried it 3 times and got confusion the first time, a slight relaxation the 2nd time and a bad fucking trip (panicking nasuea) on the 3rd... no euphoria or good feeling ever came on whatesoever
 
codiene only suits some people, i love codiene. no offense but some people are pussys' you need to take it about five times to start enjoying it , i take 614.4g of code every fri and sat. be careful . if you drink only take half this amount. you will get the ichies really really bad. try go for a walk this is good fun, the effects will last up to 13 hours and you'll get the best sleep of your life. i bite the tab and take it. on this amount its very hard to stay awake but try to as this amount is probably dangerous. i dont drink so i take twice as much drugs. peace out.;) =D
 
tramoreking: Uh, taking dioses that "heroic" is not recommended!

Thanks for your report RussellG! Very interesting read.

Be careful of Nurofen Plus, read up how to extract codeine. Because there is a decent dose of Ibuprofen in the tablets as well as the codeine isn't there? And that could fuck your liver up something chronic.
 
Hi Splatt, thanks for replying to my trip report.

Concerning Ibuprofen in Nurofen Plus tablets. You can split the pill in half, one side has codeine, the other Ibuprofen. The links in my trip report have info regarding this.
 
Hmm. I always thought that was a myth until I tried it a few days ago :)
 
For Fragment and others:

DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND! Please, he is not saying you can eat 16 Nurofen Plus and not kill your liver! The thing about them is it is possible to split them in half, and one half will contain all the codeine while the other is to be thrown away, as it contains WAY too much APAP to make it safe in recreational doses!

I cannot stress this enough, read the link, do a search, learn how to split them. Taking massive amounts of the pills, as they are in the packet, is VERY dangerous.

Sorry to state the obvious, I just got extremely worried when I saw people going: "Oh, so there's no APAP in them?" - it's a simple and easy and potentially deadly misunderstanding to make.

--- G.
 
Hey I created an account jsut to read this (ive always been a lurker)

DONT TOUCH CODEINE.

I Know your all free to do whatever you want, but codeine is a great way to get depressed. Especially if your taking like 32 fucking tablets a night.

There is no worse side affect to a drug than depression. Youll jsut feel shit and sad and have no idea why- until you stop and suddenly realise it was the codeine.

Original Poster- Did you feel shit at all after these? I mean other than feeling sick of course.
 
Look, Winterborn, thats the second time I've seen you post a "Don't do Codeine" post and you have a grand total of 4 posts!

You are talking crap! Codeine is converted in morphine very quickly in the liver, hence its the morphine that effects your brain. Since IV morphine is given to people all the time in hospital with no major depression I'd say you are talking out of your arse! Heroin and other major opiates would have an even more pronounced effect if you were right because they work using the same mechanisms.

Tens of thousands of people take Codeine containing pain killers every day with no ill effects.

I've been doing 300mg (thats 24 Nurofen Plus tablets split in 2 as above) every Tuesday for the last 5 weeks. Every week its been wonderful, I get a really enjoyable nicve sleep and feel great the whole next day. Not a single bit of itching, depression or any other side effects.

Now either you post a link to some medical tests that support your random comments or do us all a favour and sod off :)
 
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