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Opioids How do most people consume Oxycodone recrreationally?

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supershred

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Came in to a couple of 40mg modified release oxycodone and wanted to experience why some people like them so much. I'd taken it a while back however it was for pain (bad tooth) and can't remember what kind it was, just remember dropping the whole pill and feeling warm and fuzzy :) I tried to do a bit of research and found someone had crushed up an Oxy, removed something from the powdered Oxy then proceeded to snort it but unsure if it went into too much more detail. My question is, to experience why people love the occasional oxy, what is the best way to consume it to have a better understanding of that and I'm assuming what is to be pulled out is the time release film = will this be obvious in all modified release Oxy's?

Also generally over what time period would someone snort 40mg? I have a fairly high benzo tolerance, only other comparison I have would be 500ui Fentanyl blotters taken orally which again just made me feel warm and fuzzy for about 30mins. Or is it more enjoyable just to drop a modified release 40mg Oxy? I do want to experience it as most recreational users do I just don't know any unfortunately :) I'm also well aware of my own safety and always pace myself very careful as I know how hazardous these items can be but as above, I want to experience the reason behind why people enjoy it from time to time - thank you ;)
 
^the modified release is not in the outer coating. If it's the original oxys they crush up beautifully.- the newer Op oxys not so easy & they also contain a gel to dissuade IV use.

Bioavailability of oxy is around 90% iirc, so oral use is just fine.

Rtp
 
Runtoparadise is correct about the oral BA of oxy being somewhere in the vicinity 90%. Snorting is only about 50%+/-, so oral is completely and totally fine especially for someone new to opioids. Some users prefer snorting oxycodone because of the faster onset of action and some people find they need less that way, but this is personal preference and at the very least the science behind it says oral oxycodone is absorbed much better. Plugging has a pretty high BA with oxy, too, but I wouldn't recommend it for a new user.

If these say "OP" on the back, they are the new formulation and will be pretty hard to do anything but take by mouth. If they say "OC," they're the old formula and easily crushed/broken up. There may be some generic old-formula Oxycontin floating around depending on where you live, so there's a chance they don't say either... but brand Oxycontin is more common so my guess is that they're gonna be one or the other.

The bigger problem here is that 40mg is a pretty big dose for a new user, even if it's timed release. Benzo tolerance has nothing to do with opioid tolerance. Oral oxycodone is WAY more euphoric than fentanyl if you ask me, and a lot of other people feel the same way. It will last much longer to boot, even as immediate release.

Anyway, if this is one of the new formula oxycodone, I think your best bet is to cut it in half with a razor and take it like that. The new formulation can be cut in half and still retain its time-release properties. It certainly can't be crushed easily. There are threads on here (including a mega-thread I think) that discuss how to extract the oxycodone from a new-formula ER pill but honestly I don't think any of them will be worth your trouble having basically no tolerance. 20mg of ER oxycodone should still release enough relatively quickly to give an opioid-naive user a pretty good buzz. You may end up finding you need more because of the hard-to-beat time release matrix but I think that's a decent starting point.

Being that the old formula is still readily available in some countries and I have no idea where you live, I don't know how likely it is that these are old or new. If they are old formula OxyContin, dosing will be easier in some ways. The coating can be sucked off and then the pill can be cut or crushed or whatever. The amount of active ingredient in a pill may not be evenly distributed, so cutting off a little piece could leave you with much more than you actually want. Because of this, if it is an old OxyContin and thus crushable, I think it would be marginally safer to powder the pill and eyeball a quarter for roughly 10mg. You can either swallow that as is with a water chaser, or wrap it in a tiny piece of toilet paper for parachuting. 10mg is a fair starting dose, and some people need less.

Besides all that, the only thing I'm going to leave you with is the suggestion to think long and hard about how much you really want to do this. Every opioid addict that has ever lived started with one dose, one way or another. You may very well be able to use what you have and let it go, or maybe you simply don't have the resources to keep going. All I'm saying is that the negative potential of this class of drugs needs to be considered before taking them as a matter of harm reduction. I'm not going to go on and on, but have a think on it if you haven't yet. Whatever you do, just don't go into the experience thinking that you are inherently the one person on earth who simply can't become addicted.

Otherwise, good luck and have fun.
 
The crushability of oxycodone pills depends on the formulation & imprint on the pill. As others have pointed out, OP imprinted pills are uncrushable, OC imprint pills are crushable.

A sustained release oxycodone is typically "half as strong, twice as long" as an equivalent dosage of instant release. So taking 40mg SR is on the high end of dosage, but if you've done it before with no ill effects, that's probably the best way to take it - orally, and uncrushed. That way you don't raise your tolerance too quickly and get to enjoy a longer high :)

Crushing the pills defeats the time release and converts then to instant release. If you get warm and fuzzy on 40MG SR uncrushed, crushing and eating them could be too much - and opioid overdose is not very pleasant.
 
I just used to take Percocets, Codeine, and Vicodin orally, in low doses, and every so often on weekends; but that's because I never had unlimited access to them like I did with other drugs that I enjoyed more, hated snorting things, never wanted to plug anything or put anything up there, and I never have injected anything as I hate needles and these were pills and cough syrup. OC pills were around but I never used them but people I did would just eat them, or crush and sniff them, and a few foolishly IV'd them but did not die. Now I don't use any drugs, and I stopped using opiates years ago before I stopped the other drugs.

Most people I knew back when we were all using drugs sniffed pills, or a few I knew foolishly injected them; but these people have since gotten sober, or some overdosed and died from opiates. Both ROAs can be dangerous because if you don't have a tolerance you can overdose and die, and it's very dangerous to inject any sort of pill.

Be careful, I have heard of people who had a low or zero tolerance to opiates overdosing from crushing and snorting OC 40s.
 
I'd just pop em. Then again I've never desired to use any other ROA. Just pop one see how you feel after that and dose accordingly. Have fun buddy
 
Tbh I just swallow them (Oxycodone/OxyNorm - not OxyContin) as there's no real benefit to either plugging or snorting them and I personally don't use needles.

I could perhaps see why somebody with a low tolerance would snort 10mg or so, but for me, 50mg is such a vast quantity of powder to snort up my nose, it's just easier to swallow. Perhaps with the exception of 30mg Oxy's, but I only get prescribed 10mg's.

When I first experienced Oxycodone I preferred it to Morphine, but now I've been on it for 6 months or so I actually prefer Morphine and am due to see my pain doc this week to change back. I found a couple of old 30mg MS Contin tabs at the weekend and I just realised how much I prefer it to Oxycodone. I think it's largely due to the fact that it gives me quite a pleasurable histamine reaction which makes my blood feel hot and fuzzy. I also find Morphine more sedating than Oxycodone and Tapentadol more stimulating.

Come to think of it, I don't know why I ever asked to change to Oxy! I think it was honestly because of the hype I had been reading about it on BL, but yeah... I actually prefer Morphine or Tapentadol tbh. Each to their own :)
 
Snorting.

Though it does have a rather high oral BA.
Perhaps more so than snorting it.

But there is just something, maybe faster onset? As to why people like to snort it.

I used to juse "Scratch 'n' Sniff" :D
 
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^^ Every source I can find seems to confirm that the oral BA of oxy is a good deal higher than intranasal on average, but of course some people still prefer snorting because it actually works better for them. I'm not at all saying it's not possible for snorting to work better, it's just interesting because the science behind it doesn't seem make a lot of sense save for a quicker time to peak. I suspect that some people simply absorb oxy better through the nose than others and combined with a definitely faster onset ends up making it a preference for them. I have seen a really huge range in numbers for rectal dilaudid absorption in at least one study and while they're not at all the same thing, it absolutely amazed me that some people in the study literally absorbed a few percent while for others it was 60+%. If the range for intransal oxycodone is even a fraction of that in different individuals it would pretty well explain one reason why some people love snorting oxy and others don't really. For me, even the faster onset wasn't enough to overcome the lower rate of absorption with intranasal oxy... but again that's a personal thing. I'm also assuming I don't absorb it well through the nose with no way to know for sure, but the only times I ever got my rocks off sniffing oxy was with huge doses compared to taking it by mouth so it just wasn't economical. I've snorted way more shit over the course of a short lifetime than is healthy so it's not like I was doing it wrong or it's somehow impossible for me to enjoy any drug that way, just not oxy. Honestly I mostly just find it fascinating how different two people can find taking the same drug in the same way.

Too bad scratch and sniff doesn't work with the OPs-- what a fucking pain in the ass those ​are-- although if supershred isn't the US then this is less of an issue.
 
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Only the US and Canada have moved over to the "new formula" OxyContin, "OP" and "OxyNEO" in the US and Canada, respectively. Actually I guess there may be a few more countries making the switch at this point but that information was current not too long ago. As far as I know, the original formulation is still easily available in most places otherwise.
 
Great ole USA and Canada. Anyway, I guess it doesn't really matter in respect to the OP's questions. It is only a matter of grinding up the medication and heating it for a short time to be able to snort it for the OP oxy. If OP doesn't care about this extra step and work it takes to grind it up using a nail filler or cheese grader, then as everybody has said snorting it is preferred. If you don't want to go through that step then your only option is oral.
 
I disagree. I loved the op 80's...you can grind them down with a hose clamp or ped egg. Then you take the powder and make an evenly surfaced 2 inches roughly in diameter circle in the center of a plate. Microwave it until it becomes golden brown. It will take awhile in the microwave depending on numerous factors, but make sure you keep and eye on it till it becomes golden brown. Once it does CAREFULLY take it out and put it in the freezer for a while till it cools down. Once the oxy cools it will become hard again, there you can scrape it into lines and snort without it gellin up on you. I love them and people sale them cheap too. It just takes a little more effort and patience, but its really worth it.
 
ChildrenOfTheGrave said:
Aren't all oxycodone products OP now? Meaning that it takes an additional step for them to be snorted or shot?
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cuivre said:
Only the US and Canada have moved over to the "new formula" OxyContin, "OP" and "OxyNEO" in the US and Canada, respectively. Actually I guess there may be a few more countries making the switch at this point but that information was current not too long ago. As far as I know, the original formulation is still easily available in most places otherwise.
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Yep, in England I get prescribed pure IR Oxycodone (OxyNorm) and I'm glad I don't have to fuss about with all this intricate ER time release formula or added Acetaminophen/Paracetamol nonsense that you guys have to deal with ;)
 
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