Oxycodone Snorting vs Eating. (How much is wasted / Bioavailability)

[FinKarma]

So I used to eat my oxycodone 30mg IR, but eventually my friends got me in to snorting them back when you could get the non-clumping OxyContin 80mg’s & I’ve been doing it ever since. Unless I’m at school, work, or in public, then of course I’ll eat them if I can’t find a quiet & safe place to crush one up. My question is a two parter; 1) What is the bioavailability for snorting vs eating oxycodone 30mg IR?
2) Is there a real difference in terms of the high with each method or is this all just my own little mental habitual ritual?
I’ve noticed at times that even just using my pill crusher or prepping a dose in a bill can make my feel a little better. When I grab one I Always just feel like crushing it ASAP and it always hits me faster than eating one, but maybe I’m losing out on some of the high long term this way?

 

[pally pete]

So I used to eat my oxycodone 30mg IR, but eventually my friends got me in to snorting them back when you could get the non-clumping OxyContin 80mg’s & I’ve been doing it ever since. Unless I’m at school, work, or in public, then of course I’ll eat them if I can’t find a quiet & safe place to crush one up. My question is a two parter; 1) What is the bioavailability for snorting vs eating oxycodone 30mg IR?
2) Is there a real difference in terms of the high with each method or is this all just my own little mental habitual ritual?
I’ve noticed at times that even just using my pill crusher or prepping a dose in a bill can make my feel a little better. When I grab one I Always just feel like crushing it ASAP and it always hits me faster than eating one, but maybe I’m losing out on some of the high long term this way?

Eat it.
Snorting it may hit you quicker, but far less actually gets into your system. Also the buzz lasts far longer when you eat it.

AFAIK almost all pills have a higher bioavailability taken orally. There are a few exceptions. though ..

 

[Coffeeshroom]

Oral
bioavailability: 60-87%
onset: 20 min
duration: 4-6 hrs

Insuflatted
bioavailability: 55-70%
onset: 2-5 min
duration: 3-5 hrs

take your pick

 

[FinKarma]

Oral
bioavailability: 60-87%
onset: 20 min
duration: 4-6 hrs

Insuflatted
bioavailability: 55-70%
onset: 2-5 min
duration: 3-5 hrs

take your pick

Damn. Thanks for the information. I’ve been looking around randomly for a while now and hadn’t been able to find actual answers on this. Looks like I’ll be eating my next dose. Maybe I’ll try half each way until I can get out of the habit. I think that’s a big part of it for me. It’s like my body knows it’s coming once I put it in the crusher and start to twist it. It’s Crazy just how powerful the mind can be. For whatever reason I love the act of snorting things even though I was pretty certain i had to be wasting some of it in terms of bioavailability compared to just eating them.

 

[HeadphonesandLSD]

You've developed a mental habit with snorting like people do with the needle. I always snorted oxycodone (and various opioids) so I know exactly what you mean when you say just the act makes you feel better. You'll get more from oxycodone doing it orally than any other route excluding IV. However, with this drug IV isn't even worth the time because it's said to produce no rush and it's so effective orally that IV doesn't add much more.

When I quit snorting oxys I slowly switched over to oral dosing. By that I mean I would start breaking the pills in the half (eat half, snort half). Eventually I stopped snorting all together. My nose is a lot better off now. Have you ever flushed out your nose? You'll be shocked by how much powder comes out of it if you have a daily habit. I flushed mine once and was seeing powder from weeks before coming out (I could tell by the color). I don't even want to think about what is sitting in my lungs from years of abuse....

Note that the BA of all drugs are different. There are drugs like morphine that are useless to snort, very weak when taken orally, but very strong through other routes like plugging. There are other drugs like xanax that are useless to do through any route other than orally. Most tablets/pills are bad to IV no matter how much you filter them but people use them that way because they're already on the needle or the drug produces a great rush (hydromorphone comes to mind). So don't assume this will hold true for everything. It's a good idea just to stick to taking drugs orally when possible because generally it's the safest way to consume them.

I haven't snorted oxy in 4 years or so now. I still get the sniffles when I see other folks doing it. Straws still give me the sniffles from time to time. Once you've snorted a substance like oxy for years your body never forgets how good it feels. It's like having a fetish.

 

[OpiateKiller]

Oxy was a drug that I always snorted. It was probably my favorite drug of any Ive ever taken to snort. Ah how I would crush up 10 roxies right now and blow them all down.