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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

Taking 5mgs of Valium after taking 15 mgs of Methadone

dbro

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Is it super dangerous to take 5mgs of Valium at night when I took 15 mgs of Methadone this morning?
 
I wouldn't say "super dangerous". If you're still high/under the effects of methadone, I would say hold onto it for another day. If the methadone has generally worn off, you could use it, but I would strongly suggest not taking large amounts of benzos on methadone.

5mg of diazepam isn't too much of a dose, if you're not sure what to expect from taking benzos, then I would take it by itself (if you're still high from the methadone).

Is there anyone who can check up on you throughout the night? Or not really?
 
I have taken plenty of benzos in the past. Recently i was taking alot of roxys so I decicded to take methadone for 7 days tapering down from 20 mgs everyday till I was at 5 mgs thn stopping all together.I am on day 3 and I feel w/ds a little at night so I was wondering if I could take 5mgs of Valium a couple hours before I go to bed? I am new to methadone, so its not built up in my system at all. I took 15 mgs of Methadone this morning. I live alone. Ive read alot of bad things about taking xanax with methadone. What are the side effects from a od of benzos and methadone?
 
^If you do it, start with a much lower dose of the benzo than normal and build up to a higher level if necessary (though it probably won't be...) It's not the safest of combinations, but with enough precautions, common sense and knowing your body, you can eliminate the majority of the risk.
 
If your feeling wd's at night you could also try splitting up your methadone dose to twice a day. Works with suboxone anyways.
 
What are some side effects of this mix? What would be a bad side effect? When to go to the hospital?
 
Respiratory depression would be the main thing you have to worry about. And mixing benzos with any opiate causes a high risk of that. I would never recommend to anyone to mix the two, even at low doses. To me its just way to risky and IME the benzo will increase the nod but kinda ruins the rest of the high. Found that out on accident when i didn't know better.
 
Im not "nodding" at all. Is it that dangerous to take such a small amount of both and die?
 
It's not like drinking anti-freeze or anything, it just increases that risk of an od. Especially if you're not experienced with either drug. But like CH said, if you're not feeling high and its been a long enough time since you took the methadone then 5mg's of valium will probably be alright. You just don't really want the two to overlap at their peak, thats when its dangerous as far as i'm concerned.
 
Im not "nodding" at all. Is it that dangerous to take such a small amount of both and die?

No, 5mg diazepam doesn't seem likely to kill you if you're not nodding from the 15mg methadone. 5mg diazepam is a pretty small amount of a benzo...

-> BDD
 
I would say that it is not that dangerous, I recently read an article saying that over a 10 year period, the death's that involved a benzo overdose were 5.9 prescriptions out of 1 million.

Most people believe that benzo's/opiates is ultra deadly, however, it's when doing extreamly high doses of one or the other that problems occur
 
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