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Increasing effects of lorazepam with grapefruit & quinine

altoids

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So I have a long and messy history with ativan, it's no where near my favorite drug (vicodin is the furthest I've been so far and is already my favorite), but it's what I have access to right now, and I like trying to increase the effects with out turning my self into a useless zombie. The other day (36+ hours ago) I took ~3.5mg. I started by drinking almost 2 liters of white grapefruit juice and 1 liter of tonic water (for the quinine). Now I don't even know if the quinine increases the effects of benzos, like it's supposed to with opiates, but what the fuck, I'll try anything more than once. The problem I had is the 3.5mg of lorazepam didn't hit worth a damn, even after putting my self in a high-anxiety situation (went to a bar, didn't drink mind you, cause I've been down that road before).
For me, I usually get lorazepam to work by taking it on an empty stomach, smoke a cig, then eat anything with fat in it (usually plain yogurt). This usually causes it to hit with in 15-30 min. I haven't refined the grapefruit trick yet, so that's what I'm asking about in so many words.
tl;dr:
Can you drink too much grapefruit juice to cause your liver to not metabolize benzos or something? Or is possible it messes with the acidity of your stomach and nullifies some of the benzos? I do take some antacids before the benzos just incase this is the cause, but, not sure how long I need to wait to get my stomach acidity levels right.
Also, does quinine even help increasing the effects of benzos?

Thanks for any input %)
 
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