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Do SSRI's reduce the effects of opiates?

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Has anyone felt like the mental aspect of opiates is underwhelming when regularly taking an ssri? I've been taking Paxil (stopped a couple weeks ago) for the past month and noticed that when I took oxycodone it wasn't like it used to be. Normally I'd get an energized feeling for an hour followed by ~2-4 hours of sedation off 20-25mg, when on Paxil the energy was completely gone and the sedation was reduced even at a 30-35mg dose.

Am I just developing a tolerance from using it a 5-8 times a month or do ssri's really blunt the effects of opiates that severely? I usually get around 200mg a month and go through it in anywhere from 5-10 days, this has been going on for the past 7 months roughly.
 
The two classes of drugs operate in seperate parts of the brain. SSRI's affect serotonin and dopamine. Opiates primarily effect the release of endorphins. So there is not likely to be a difference of the analgesia one experiences from an opiate while being treated with an SSRI like fluoxetine (prozac). However there may be a percieved difference regards the euphoria that opiates elicit - especially in a pain-free individual using opiates recreationaly (people in severe pain do not report euphoria from opiates as do the recreational users).
 
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