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Opioids do people who take opiates for the pain get high

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So they're not only numbing the dreadful pain some are in but also giving a nice opiate high.
 
Yes, some people take opiates to get high. Others take them for pain relief. Even others take them for both reasons.

What's your question here?
 
I think the question is whether or not people respond to opiate pain medications differently when they are in actual pain as opposed to when they are used for recreational effects.

I think the answer is yes and no. I was in the hospital a year ago due to MRSA, and was in horrific pain, the worst in my life. I was taken off of suboxone and given IM injections of hydromorphone every four hours. What I experienced was not exactly euphoria (like I would when not in pain), but rather sedation, and a feeling of being distanced from the pain. I would nod on and off, but it would be hard to say if I was experiencing opiate bliss (which I dot recall), or just the relief of not being in hideous pain.
 
^^same answer^^
during a kidney stone episode a month or two back..
dilaudid brought a different kind of euphoria..
i'd imagine the degree of pain being treated would be a factor.
 
Znegative said:
I think the question is whether or not people respond to opiate pain medications differently when they are in actual pain as opposed to when they are used for recreational effects.
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This ^, precisely what i tried to ask.
Znegative said:
I think the answer is yes and no. I was in the hospital a year ago due to MRSA, and was in horrific pain, the worst in my life. I was taken off of suboxone and given IM injections of hydromorphone every four hours. What I experienced was not exactly euphoria (like I would when not in pain), but rather sedation, and a feeling of being distanced from the pain. I would nod on and off, but it would be hard to say if I was experiencing opiate bliss (which I dot recall), or just the relief of not being in hideous pain.
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+ great response, exactly the sort of info im looking for.
 
@ rizmatter

I noticed I didnt respond to morphine as well when I was in the hospital for appendix attack, and that was because I had been taking codeine daily for about a year prior to that
 
When pain management is done properly, the patient will get releif but not get high. Some are over perscribed and nod out while others are underperscribed and are still in pain. After an inital period of 2-3 months, most people will get the proper dosage which will get increased every once in a while due to tolerance.
 
I think the answer is yes. One would need a very precise dose to not get high. When someone is being treated for pain the doctor would usually make sure that all pain is well-covered, meaning creating at least a slight buzz.
 
Fresco said:
DUH!!!! How old are you??
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You are not helpful.

To OP. I suppose it depends on the pain level and the opiate strength. I know when I got a script of hydros for my wisdom teeth I still got pretty buzzed even with the mouth pain.
Though I think most people who take it according to their doctors instructions don't get a noticeable buzz from it because of eventual tolerance build up.
 
I often take opiates for pain, though I do enjoy them too. If I am in bad pain but I want get high also, I will often take a small dose to take the edge off
the pain, then take a little more. Once while in bad pain, I snorted 30 mgs of oxycodone. Normally this would of zonked me out, but because of the pain, I was able to drive fine, as if I smoked a large bowl of green. Once I got where I was going and drank a beer is who other story.
 
This isn't OD material, no HR value and it's pure speculation.

I'm a chronic pain patient and I'd say it's different for folks with non-existant or acute pain who don't have to worry about tolerance. I don't get high from my pain meds, they just make me feel 'normal' if that makes sense. Even if I save 2-3 days worth of medication and take it all in one dose, you'd really be surprised how disappointing it is.

Personally, I've been trying my best to dose as infrequently as possible to keep my tolerance low because I cannot risk a high tolerance due to abuse, because then my normal doses won't ease my pain and I won't be able to function, so I believe this is an extremely motivating factor for chronic pain patients not to abuse their medication, not to mention the lack of euphoria/high.

Think of it like you think of people who are taking the same dose of methadone for maintenance (and are NOT still shooting heroin, cocaine, etc) and have been for a long time. They try to double, triple, even quadruple their dose without ever attaining desired effects, just intense CNS sedation and side effects.

This being said, YMMV (which is why we can't answer this thread).
 
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