Codeine Phosphate metabolism

[eagleplatinum]

I have been researching codeine phosphate the last few hours now. I had a large amount of CP, and I was feeling slightly sick from a lack of heroin. I have a daily heroin habit, but it has been about 48-72 hours since I have dosed any, and I have had trouble sleeping and a lack of appetite in the past 24 hours. Earleir today I ingested about 1 gram of codeine phosphate, maybe less maybe more, but not by a significant amount. The CP should not have had any paracetamol in it, nor any caffeine, althogh the form it was manufactured in did.

I started with Canadian OTC Codeine Phosphate (8mg), which also contains 325mg (maybe 300) of APAP, and 15mg Caffeine. I first extracted some of the codeine and caffeine by pipetting the cooled solution of about 600mL water and 200 of these tablets. I do not want to detail the process so much, but I am sure most know the process I am talking about. I then boiled the solution down to about 50mL and cooled, CWE'd after cooling, and then boiled again down to about 5mL. Then I orally ingested the roughly 1g of CP sludge in two doses. One about an hour before the second, and the first was about 300mg (rough estimate).

In the past 24 hours I have used Ketamine and Hydrocodone, and in the past 48-72 hours I have used heroin. This is the first time I have ingested CP, adn I am at about T+2.5-3 now. I am feeling kinda sick now, but not so much that I feel the need for medical attention. The only noticeable affects have been nausea, facial swelling and itchyness. Maybe a slight bit of euphoria but nothing major. I am rather tolerant to opioids, so by my calculations I have not overdosed.

I have not found any evidence that I should be in any danger, other than the unavoidable nausea. Can anyone provide some accurate info on what I can expect in the next 12-24 hours? Are there any negative indications that I should look out for? Any information given will be greatly appreciated, and any further information needed can be provided.

 

[fastandbulbous]

Doses in excess of 600mg can run the risk of nasty things happening. OD from codeine produces clonic-tonic convulsions like that of strychnine and theibane

 

[eagleplatinum]

So how long should I look for signs of the above listed "nastyness?"

 

[edarrin]

Well if you figure out what to do with it I'd be interested in hearing how you did it. I have access to this as wellg.

I don't think you're in an grave danger right now by the sounds of things. Check ou www.Opioids.com for info.

 

[eagleplatinum]

I feel fine now. Earler I felt sick, but that ended at about t:+4.5h. I never threw up or anything like that, just felt nauseated for a long time.

 

[Jamshyd]

As F&B mentioned, there is a limit as to how much codeine the liver can process. I've read ranges that say anywhere between 400 - 800mg, though I guess the 600mg avarage is a good one to think of.

A few notes:

1. I know exactly what CP formulation you are talking about. Next time, ask for the same thing with ASA instead of Acetaminophen, for two reasons: ASA is much less troublesome to CWE (it tends to be more "sandy" and thus less water-retentive); and also because the fraction of the ASA you get in your extraction (and you WILL have some, unless you do it in a lab) will be gentler on your body than the fraction of Acetaminophen you'll have left.

2. No, caffeine actually gets extracted with the water, though not completely. With the ammounts you're talking about, there is enough caffeine in the extraction to make your H withdrawal descend from the seventh bowel of adrenergic hell to the eighth bowel.

3. You mentioned boiling. Codeine is destroyed with heat - I am not sure what temperature it is. I remember 80 degrees celcius was quoted, but I believe this is morphine, and codeine is actually less tolerant to heat than morphine. Chances are, you didn't take nearly as much codeine as you think you did, and thats why you're fine.

4. On the side, there is a little-known behind the counter OTC product in Canada that contains Codeine + Methocarbamate + APAP (or) ASA (but no caffeine). Although this product is not to be used for mass-extracting Codeine, it is good to have on the side since it contains a muscle-relaxer that works to some degree of success when combined with Codeine. I found that taking 2X the recommended dose is ok, but more would start to be troublesome. This product would probably help a littlw with withdrawal.