Opioids Will DHC impact on Oxy tolerance? (infrequent opiate user)

[WayneRooney]

I use opitates (almost oxy exclusively) one every 1-2 weeks. Normally 20-30 mg in on nice night of recreation. And then that's it for 1-2 week break. Doing this I've kept my tolerance at the same level (barring the first two or three times when 10mg was mind-blowing). But since then its plateaud at 20-30mg. I never feel any need to do more. And its always just as good each time.

My question is, is there any/or a significant cross-tolereance effect between certain opiates. I'm thinking codeine and DHC, with my Oxy? I'm thinking of maybe using DHC or Codeine in the week break I usually take from my one night oxy recreational escape? Will these opiates contribute to more rapid increase in my oxy tolerance? And with Oxy being a stronger opiate than codeine and DHC, will the effects of the latter be somewhat underwhelming? I'd have guessed so. But I've read the odd post around here that mixing up opiates from your usual drug of choice can have pleasantly surprising effects.

No need to hit me with warnings that I'm heading down a slippery slope by aiming to find alternate opiates to compliment my love of oxy. As if it turns out that it is the case I can enjoy these alternates, I'll just stick to my 1-2 week schedule of indulgence, but this mix the particular opiate up to guard against tolerance build up. (that is considering my question regarding cross tolerance of opiates is answered in the negative....)

 

[Znegative]

Using DHC and codeine throughout the week is a sure way to develope a physicall dependence on opiates and opioids. All opioids and opiates are cross tolerant so you would have to use quite a bit of codiene to achieve a similar high to oxycodone. Oxy is 1.5 times stronger than morphine, and I believe morphine is 30 times stronger than codiene. I'm not sure about DHC, but I think it's something like 2 times stronger than codiene. If you can successfully keep up using oxy just once a week go with that, otherwise you'll go down a dark road

 

[WayneRooney]

Ok thanks. Sounds good advice. And I'm more than happy doing this. I enjoy my weekly/biweekly nights of bliss. And enjoy the tolerance staying fairly constant.

I was just wondering if I could supplement it with DHC without any negatice effects on my oxy tolerance. (mainly due to the price difference in getting DHC). But if its going to impinge on my oxy tolerance, without even providing a similar high, then I'll take your advice and stick to the oxy.

(by the way

 

[Znegative]

Yeah I mean you could probably take a low dose of DHC once a day and still get high off of oxy but it wouldnt be worth the risk of addiction, not to mention, you wouldn't get anything out of the DHC unless you took a rather large dose that compared to an equivalence of the oxycodone, which then would fuck up the tolerance.

For instance when I used heroin, I just could not get high off of oxy, I wouldn't feel it at all, and that was due to cross tolerance. If I we're to get high off oxy I would have had to take a dose that would probably cost me as much as half a bundle of heroin would, so why bother

 

[WayneRooney]

I wasn't meaning taking DHC EVERY day in between my fortnightly oxy. I just meant as a one- off. Either once a week, alternating with oxy, or even replacing my fortnightly oxy dose, that way I'd be getting a month of oxy, meaning minimal tolerance issues.

 

[TheLostBoys]

I took DHC off & on for several months, the 120mgs pills..............I can stil take 20mgs of hydrocodone & get slightly high. It definitely takes away my pain.