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Opioids Safe dose of oxycodone for someone with zero tolerance?

Sniffing oxy is fun, but a huge waste. Bioavailability is way higher for oral than insufastion. You'll get higher from eating them. It just takes a little longer
 
SaosinEngaged- I have had a very similar experiences to yours in regards to the tolerance deal.
Before I ever took oxycodone ( just 5mg, and w/APAP btw), I took hydrocodone w/APAP (obviously lol) for about 2 years on a regular basis without building any tolerance to speak of. I started off taking it for pain and I was very cautious about it as I was working at the time. I would take 5 mg upon awakening, go to work and take another 5 when I got home at about 6 p.m.
This lasted until my boss (who was an MD) noticed that I was in a lot of pain and he said the magic words: " You know, it's okay for you to take those hydrocodones at work as long as they don't make you sleepy".
Then I began taking four 5mg pills evenly spaced throughout the day.
Soon I began taking percocet. The same thing occurred with that as well... didn't feel the need to take any more than 5mg four times per day for a long time.
BUT, the inevitable happened and I eventually started experiencing withdrawals if I ran out or if I had to take ANY less than my usual amount. I will never forget how shocked I was the first time I got sick. It was absolutely horrible. I think that's why it bothers me when I see people telling others that take low doses ( of any drug, but particularly percocet) that they won't have any problems with wd's.
WOW...I did not mean to go on so long about this!! Just wanted to say that I totally know what you're talking about as far as being able to get relief from the same low dose of oxycodone for long periods of time :)
Unfortunately, This was all years and years ago. I am now a chronic pain patient, and when the percocet stopped working my doctor switched me to fentanyl transdermal system. Sort of ironically, I guess, is the fact that the only thing that works for breakthrough pain is oxycodone. Currently, I am on 100 micrograms of fentanyl and I take 60 to 75 milligrams of breakthrough medicine every 4 hours as needed.
And SaosinEngaged, I feel the same way you do, I would love to be able to go back and start all over again.
Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this!
Cat
P.S...Hazed, It sounds like you made an intelligent choice with your starting dose:) It seems as though you really listened to the advice you got here and chose a happy medium. I'm glad you guys had a safe and fun time.
In regards to the pill cutting device, they can easily be found at any drugstore. I think it would be well worth the time and small expense.... especially since you have quite a few oxycodone on hand. It would obviously make things much easier, but also much safer as you would be getting an accurate dose.
 
Yeah, definitely would not want to do 10mg as some have suggested. I just did another 7.5 and this time its a little bit uncomfortable intensity wise, i thought i was going to puke for a few minutes. Is that normal for such a low dose or am i just being a baby lol? Sorry to keep bumping this thread over and over guys, i know you're probably getting sick of answering questions about this.
 
Opioids can definitely make people nauseous. For some especially sensitive people evn 10mg would make them sick. Its usually a pretty sure fire sign that your dose is too high.

Please don't think that lower doses mean you are "being a baby". On the contrary you are avoiding serious issues like nausea, possible addiction and other bad stuff by keeping your dose low.
 
Hazed,
Just a word of advice regarding the actual dividing of the pill (which I DO hope you'll be doing-into quarters).
I take oxycodone IR. Once I tried to divide into 4'ths in order to give a friend in pain 5mg. Make sure you use one of those pill cutters (usually they come combined with a crusher on one end, cutter on the other) or a razor blade.
I don't know if all brands are this way, but the brand I use is very SMALL, hard and dense. I think the size is what caused it to be so difficult for the most part. At the time all I had was a fairly dull knife, and it ended up a disaster... pieces that were way more than 1 quarter along with little tiny pieces everywhere, so it made it very difficult for my friend to know exactly how much she was taking.

Cat

Just wear a pair strong reading glasses and use a single edge razor blade to cut the little pills in four...
 
i tried a 5mg oxy for my 2nd time and i felt really euphoric and high for about 10 or 20 minutes then the high wore off and i just felt kinda sleepy, is this normal? is 10 or 20 minutes all the euphoria u get from a 5mg oxy? i imagine the euphoric feeling would last longer if i increased the dosage? just wondering
 
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agreed. 5mg is not enough to get a proper idea of what oxy is all about. 10 is perfect....be ready to puke, though. (of course, i do not advise anyone to ever take opiates recreationally....even though it is my choice drug.) just be careful. you are opening a pandora's box by taking opiates for fun...because they are just that....fun. waaaaaaaay too much fun and you will desire to get that feeling back as often as possible if you are anything like me.
 
agreed. 5mg is not enough to get a proper idea of what oxy is all about. 10 is perfect....be ready to puke, though. (of course, i do not advise anyone to ever take opiates recreationally....even though it is my choice drug.) just be careful. you are opening a pandora's box by taking opiates for fun...because they are just that....fun. waaaaaaaay too much fun and you will desire to get that feeling back as often as possible if you are anything like me.

I wouldn't say be prepared to puke. My first oxycodone dosage was 30mgs of the newer Oxycontin, broken up into 4 pieces (I believe it was Oxycontin, it was read and was almost like rubber). This was with no tolerance. I got high as SHIT, but experienced no nausea. Some people aren't prone to nausea, others are. I have never experienced nausea from any opiate, or any drug for that matter.
 
For me at least 15mg to get a good feeling, but i usually just pop the whole 30 with no tolerance, honestly.

Everyones different, but I feel unbelievably fine, and amazing, but just watch for addiction. It can happen so quickly. But 7.5 imo is way too low, first time with no tolerance i did 7.5 and felt nothing, it wasnt until i did 3/4 a pill (22.5mg) that I felt good effects.

I space out my opiates though. Addiction and tolerance comes way too quick with opiates, and the tolerance makes me space it out.
 
btw the only time Ive ever felt nauseous off oxycodone is when I smoke them (And do NOT do this btw), I dont feel nauseous ever even at high doses unless i smoke them.
 
I find the perfect start dose is 20mg although i've heard of people catching a buzz off 5 so I would cut it into 4 quarters try a quarter see how that feels then next time half, time after that 3 quarters so on and so forth until you're feeling good.
 
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