Jrhguitarist1
Bluelighter
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OPANA ER insuffalation and Silicosis
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Harm reduction while snorting Opana ER
Let me start out by saying I've been an addict/alcoholic for the past 20 years. In that time I've done every drug sans H and meth, but in 2004 I blew out my L4/L5 disk leading to nearly 10 years of prescription opiate/benzo abuse. I'm not at all proud of this and if I could get by with my chronic pain/anxiety and never take another pill in my life I would in a heartbeat.
I started getting prescribed opana ER about a year or so before the yellow stop signs were takin off the market in favor of the TRF. I changed medications until the generics with the original formula came back on the scene about 2~ years ago ( the orange round pills with G74 on one side with the other side blank ). During the whole time I've been both insufilating them as well been well aware of the silicosis factor. I was on a 180/40mg dosage with the stop signs and have been on 90/40mg with the generic.
In an effort to promote harm reduction I'll post some tips for keeping as much of the silica out of your lungs as possible ( although keeping it all out is impossible ).
What I do and have done for the past year of so is ALWAYS keep a bottle of water with a long straw in it right next to a drink of your choice. Start by drawing water into the straw with your finger on the end of it ( using negitive pressure ) to hold the water in and put the straw into your nose until you're in the area of your sinuses and flush both your nose and sinuses ( in both nostrils ) making sure that your sinuses and throat are WELL saturated with water ( it's good if you're coughing up water that's slipped into your throat and always use both nostrils for one pill to maximize the effect ).
Once you have your nostril and sinuses as soaked as they can be, take your drink and get a mouthful and try to gargle/get as much of the drink onto the back of your throat as possible. Then when you're ready to snort a pill, take another mouthful of 'drink' and hold it in your mouth. With the straw and water on stand-by rail snort the first half of the pill. As SOON as you have, use the mouthful of drink to splash/gargle the back of your throat, at the same time take the straw with water and flush out the nostril/sinus cavity again ( 2-3 times ) immediately followed by chugging the drink you have.
Another big point to keep in mind is to absolutely NOT rail these hard like your might do with coke. Always try to use the least bit of lung power whilst snorting these. This is done not only to keep as much silica as possible out of your lungs, but also to keep the majority of the powder in your nose/sinus cavity where it is most effective. As well once you've used both nostrils, using the least amount of air intake cough up as much of the powder that's made it to the throat as possible ( you can either spit this out as I do or try and get into the stomach by using your drink to chug is down ).
You will always get a portion of the powder that causes a drip effect in the throat. When you do, always try to cough up as much of it as you can and spit it out. Due to the silica this can be hard since it makes your choggies into a VERY thick constancy. Be vigilant in coughing up and out as much of it as your can. Using these simple but often overlooked techniques you can cut down on the percentage of silica that gets into your lungs ( how much of a percentage I can't officially say of course ).
As far as my own health is concerned, I'm naturally always mindful of my lung and breathing behaviors. I don't as have any of the issues other posters have said with the exception of slightly reduced air intake ability and chronic bronchitis. After smoking pot and grits for 15+ years ( and still smoking grits ) its hard to say which has had a more detrimental effect ( obviously they're all terrible for you ). Another note as far as lung health goes, I had been smoking the old formulation OxyContin for about a year ( like a dumbass ) before the TRF came out. I can definitely say that smoking the oxy's had a FAR greater lung capacity damage then I've experienced in the 3~ years or so snorting opana ER.
Please note that everything posted above has been from my own experience and experimentation. There is nothing scientific about my method other then trying to take a common sense approach to harm reduction when snorting opana ER. Please don't post how fucked I am with silicosis and such as I know I'm already in a very dangerous place and playing with fire. I hope that at the very least people use my experience to promote harm reduction in their own lives with abusing opana ER. Any questions or comments ( sans the above statement as I asked ) I'll be glad to help as much as possible.
STAY SAFE! ( or as safe as possible! )
Let me start out by saying I've been an addict/alcoholic for the past 20 years. In that time I've done every drug sans H and meth, but in 2004 I blew out my L4/L5 disk leading to nearly 10 years of prescription opiate/benzo abuse. I'm not at all proud of this and if I could get by with my chronic pain/anxiety and never take another pill in my life I would in a heartbeat.
I started getting prescribed opana ER about a year or so before the yellow stop signs were takin off the market in favor of the TRF. I changed medications until the generics with the original formula came back on the scene about 2~ years ago ( the orange round pills with G74 on one side with the other side blank ). During the whole time I've been both insufilating them as well been well aware of the silicosis factor. I was on a 180/40mg dosage with the stop signs and have been on 90/40mg with the generic.
In an effort to promote harm reduction I'll post some tips for keeping as much of the silica out of your lungs as possible ( although keeping it all out is impossible ).
What I do and have done for the past year of so is ALWAYS keep a bottle of water with a long straw in it right next to a drink of your choice. Start by drawing water into the straw with your finger on the end of it ( using negitive pressure ) to hold the water in and put the straw into your nose until you're in the area of your sinuses and flush both your nose and sinuses ( in both nostrils ) making sure that your sinuses and throat are WELL saturated with water ( it's good if you're coughing up water that's slipped into your throat and always use both nostrils for one pill to maximize the effect ).
Once you have your nostril and sinuses as soaked as they can be, take your drink and get a mouthful and try to gargle/get as much of the drink onto the back of your throat as possible. Then when you're ready to snort a pill, take another mouthful of 'drink' and hold it in your mouth. With the straw and water on stand-by rail snort the first half of the pill. As SOON as you have, use the mouthful of drink to splash/gargle the back of your throat, at the same time take the straw with water and flush out the nostril/sinus cavity again ( 2-3 times ) immediately followed by chugging the drink you have.
Another big point to keep in mind is to absolutely NOT rail these hard like your might do with coke. Always try to use the least bit of lung power whilst snorting these. This is done not only to keep as much silica as possible out of your lungs, but also to keep the majority of the powder in your nose/sinus cavity where it is most effective. As well once you've used both nostrils, using the least amount of air intake cough up as much of the powder that's made it to the throat as possible ( you can either spit this out as I do or try and get into the stomach by using your drink to chug is down ).
You will always get a portion of the powder that causes a drip effect in the throat. When you do, always try to cough up as much of it as you can and spit it out. Due to the silica this can be hard since it makes your choggies into a VERY thick constancy. Be vigilant in coughing up and out as much of it as your can. Using these simple but often overlooked techniques you can cut down on the percentage of silica that gets into your lungs ( how much of a percentage I can't officially say of course ).
As far as my own health is concerned, I'm naturally always mindful of my lung and breathing behaviors. I don't as have any of the issues other posters have said with the exception of slightly reduced air intake ability and chronic bronchitis. After smoking pot and grits for 15+ years ( and still smoking grits ) its hard to say which has had a more detrimental effect ( obviously they're all terrible for you ). Another note as far as lung health goes, I had been smoking the old formulation OxyContin for about a year ( like a dumbass ) before the TRF came out. I can definitely say that smoking the oxy's had a FAR greater lung capacity damage then I've experienced in the 3~ years or so snorting opana ER.
Please note that everything posted above has been from my own experience and experimentation. There is nothing scientific about my method other then trying to take a common sense approach to harm reduction when snorting opana ER. Please don't post how fucked I am with silicosis and such as I know I'm already in a very dangerous place and playing with fire. I hope that at the very least people use my experience to promote harm reduction in their own lives with abusing opana ER. Any questions or comments ( sans the above statement as I asked ) I'll be glad to help as much as possible.
STAY SAFE! ( or as safe as possible! )
TriputoryHeadicine
Bluelighter
1. Cut a bendy straw so you can both blow on one end and have the other end at least an inch into your nostril.
2. Insert crushed powder (or crush a pill inside the straw, thought that is harder to do well) into straw, put into mouth and nostril.
3. Gently blow the powder into your nostril. Any powder that passes your sinus would go into your stomach rather then your lungs, as the larynx (or glottis?) is sealed by negative pressure from you breathing out. YAY!
Blowing gently and consistently is key. It's funny to do at first, but so are a lot of things :D
2. Insert crushed powder (or crush a pill inside the straw, thought that is harder to do well) into straw, put into mouth and nostril.
3. Gently blow the powder into your nostril. Any powder that passes your sinus would go into your stomach rather then your lungs, as the larynx (or glottis?) is sealed by negative pressure from you breathing out. YAY!
Blowing gently and consistently is key. It's funny to do at first, but so are a lot of things :D