Wasted_Youth_HHT
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hey Tryptamine*Dreamer I really need to talk to you.. i dont wanna bore anyone else and i cant PM cause im new here. I think i can help u answer that question.
Wasted_Youth_HHT said:hey Tryptamine*Dreamer I really need to talk to you.. i dont wanna bore anyone else and i cant PM cause im new here. I think i can help u answer that question.
jasoncrest said:Anticholinergic effects can bring sedation
redeemer said:Grape fruit juice helps codeine metabolize into morphine instead of the inactive nor-codeine, the same concept happens with dihydrocodeine, hydrocodone and perhaps more, can't remember right now. It's preferred to make the juice yourself out of white grape fruits and including as much pulp as you can since a lot of the desirable enzymes are in that part of the grapefruit.
After finding out about this I never do the aforementioned opiates without grape fruit juice, I feel like I'm wasting some of the high if I don't (which I infact am).
Boiling in Acid said:Man, I was told twise the opposite, that grape fruit juice RUINS codeine's metabolizem into morphine!!
WTF??
CONCLUSIONS: Grapefruit juice administration is associated with a modest increase in methadone bioavailability, which is not expected to endanger patients. However, it cannot be excluded that a much stronger effect may occur in some patients, and thus grapefruit juice intake is not recommended during methadone maintenance treatment, in particular in patients initiating such a treatment.
There may be an increased risk of side effects such as drowsiness, sedation, low blood pressure and slow, shallow breathing that can potentially be fatal, if this medicine is used with other medicines that have a sedative effect on the central nervous system. These include the following and should be avoided while taking this medicine:
alcohol
antipsychotics, eg haloperidol
barbiturates, eg phenobarbital, amobarbital
benzodiazepines, eg diazepam, temazepam
other opioid painkillers, eg codeine, morphine
sedating antihistamines, eg chlorphenamine, hydroxyzine
sleeping tablets, eg zopiclone
tricyclic antidepressants, eg amitriptyline.
The following medicines there may increase the blood level of methadone and thus increase the risk of its side effects:
azole antifungals, eg itraconazole, ketoconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole
cimetidine
ciprofloxacin
SSRI antidepressants, eg fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, sertraline
macrolide antibiotics, eg erythromycin, clarithromycin.
Gaz_hmmmm said:*Anyone know if Grapefruit juice actaully doesn't potentiate methadone? The reason been the two times I've used grapefruit juice and meth', the meth's not seems as strong as when I take it without the grapefruit juice!![]()
CONCLUSIONS: Grapefruit juice administration is associated with a modest increase in methadone bioavailability, which is not expected to endanger patients. However, it cannot be excluded that a much stronger effect may occur in some patients, and thus grapefruit juice intake is not recommended during methadone maintenance treatment, in particular in patients initiating such a treatment.