Opioids trading problems?

[bluemonkey]

Can someone explain why people say " you can become dependant on loperamide or kramtom or anything else used to taper/maintain? Unless I missed something key, I am dependent on opiods. My body really doesn't seem to care which I take. I have easily switched from i.v. daulided in hospital back to hydrocodone at home with 0 w.d.s ( the longest was for a month and a half but dosed every 2.5 hours). I was in agony with a very rare stomach infection after surgey. i would litterally wake up hit the button they would come with meds and i would nod back out. toward the end of that stay they moved it to every 4 hours but still I went home with 10/325 vicodin and was fine. So, am I just lucky or is there really no reason to be concerned about " trading problems"?

Yes I know things like methadone may be more of a problem since they are long acting and yes I found that normal doses of codiene didnt cover me while I was in the UK... but my point is I don't think I can become dependent on say lope because I already am dependent on it? It's like being worried about becoming a girl. Have I got it wrong?

 

[gmlifer]

The point people are making is that if you are trying to quit an addiction then you may develop another addiction in the process if you take those substances.

 

[OntarioGuy]

Ya I think it's a saying that's often said to people new to opioid dependency or don't know anything about the chemistry of it.

I.e some one says " I'm thinking of Quiting my habit of sniffing 160 mgs of oxycodone everyday, can I use tramadol to not feel sick until the oxy withdrawal is done, then I will just quit the tramadol"

So I would say "ur just trading one for the other,tramadol is an opioid and will help prevent withdrawal and maintain the physical dependence"

No what I'm sayin?