Hey guys.
My old doc decided I was allergic to morphine when I spewed after coming out of anesthesia from a small surgery 15 years ago. Being drug illiterate (I was 13 at the time) and not knowing that nausea is a common side effect of morphine, and opiates in general, I took the docs advice and have avoided any opiate based medications. However, I have taken low dose Ibuprofen/Codeine pain pills a handful of times in the years since then (knowing that Codeine metabolizes into Morphine in the body, partially wanting to test my "allergy") and never noticed any negative sides, so I figured the docs allergy diagnosis was incorrect.
Anyway, my wisdom teeth are coming through and I haven't slept for 24hrs. Paracetamol/Acetaminophen wasn't doing shit for the pain, nor was Ibuprofen/Codeine. So I went to the doc today and she prescribed me 8 x 50mg Tramadol.
The pain had subsided slightly, but I took 1 x 50mg Tramadol with dinner this evening in an attempt to get some decent sleep - didn't really feel much an hour later. Decided to take another and felt slightly inebriated and relaxed, and very slight euphoria (felt similar to low dose Diazepam)
I'm sitting here about 2 hours later and those effects seem to have disappeared.
I only have 6 pills left and thought I might as-well make use of them instead of throwing them out and try to catch up on some sleep this weekend.
I was thinking about upping the dosage tomorrow night to perhaps 150mg, but had a few questions I wanted to ask first:
Thanks in advance for any help. I'm very interested in Pharmacology but I'm still learning about opiates. I've heard many opiate horror stories and want to tread carefully and do my research before partaking.
My old doc decided I was allergic to morphine when I spewed after coming out of anesthesia from a small surgery 15 years ago. Being drug illiterate (I was 13 at the time) and not knowing that nausea is a common side effect of morphine, and opiates in general, I took the docs advice and have avoided any opiate based medications. However, I have taken low dose Ibuprofen/Codeine pain pills a handful of times in the years since then (knowing that Codeine metabolizes into Morphine in the body, partially wanting to test my "allergy") and never noticed any negative sides, so I figured the docs allergy diagnosis was incorrect.
Anyway, my wisdom teeth are coming through and I haven't slept for 24hrs. Paracetamol/Acetaminophen wasn't doing shit for the pain, nor was Ibuprofen/Codeine. So I went to the doc today and she prescribed me 8 x 50mg Tramadol.
The pain had subsided slightly, but I took 1 x 50mg Tramadol with dinner this evening in an attempt to get some decent sleep - didn't really feel much an hour later. Decided to take another and felt slightly inebriated and relaxed, and very slight euphoria (felt similar to low dose Diazepam)
I'm sitting here about 2 hours later and those effects seem to have disappeared.
I only have 6 pills left and thought I might as-well make use of them instead of throwing them out and try to catch up on some sleep this weekend.
I was thinking about upping the dosage tomorrow night to perhaps 150mg, but had a few questions I wanted to ask first:
- Is 150mg a safe dosage for someone with no tolerance to Opiates? I've read some concerns regarding seizures at higher dosages.
- Will I have any tolerance from tonight's 100mg?
- Is it best to take the entire dose all at once, or stagger them? (I've read mixed opinions on this)
Thanks in advance for any help. I'm very interested in Pharmacology but I'm still learning about opiates. I've heard many opiate horror stories and want to tread carefully and do my research before partaking.