Cocaine Will my ENT doctor be able to tell if I do a small amount of cocaine?

[IllCommunication]

I'm having an operation on my nose and throat in a few months, and I've come into a bit of cocaine. I rubbed some of it in my gums, but I'd like to be able to snort it. Will my ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) doctor be able to tell if I've only done it a few times? I'm not worried about the legal implications with doctor-patient confidentiality and all, but I would hate to lose out on, in my doctors words, "a whole lot of liquid oxycodone".

This is my second nose operation, I've already had a septoplasty (trimming my septum), does that make it any better or worse to be snorting? The next procedure will be trimming my adenoids among other things, which are enlarged. Since these would keep more powder in my nasal cavity and probably slow the drip, would that change anything?

Followup: what about snorting other drugs? Is the nose-destroying property of cocaine due to it's vasoconstricting qualities, or is that just what happens when powder goes up your nose? I take Sumatriptan, which needs to get in my system ASAP when a migraine starts so insufflation would help. I only have the pills, but I know it comes in an injectable form so I assume it's water-soluble.

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

This isn't Advanced Drug Discussion, I'm going to move it to Other Drugs.

Cocaine's non-destroying property is due, at least partially, to its vasoconstricting qualities. However, since cocaine is cut with some pretty random shit these days, snorting whatever the cut is probably isn't helping things much...

 

[aveoturbo]

I take Sumatriptan, which needs to get in my system ASAP when a migraine starts so insufflation would help. I only have the pills, but I know it comes in an injectable form so I assume it's water-soluble.

Just because a medication comes in liquid form does not make it water soluble. That type of thinking causes serious harm to people who think that they can just crush a pill, mix it with some water and inject it.

I dont know about your cocaine use showing up, but, repeated uses can start to eat away at the insides of your nose. In the spirit of HR, dont do it. Although, I have a feeling you wont listen anyway.

 

[IllCommunication]

Just because a medication comes in liquid form does not make it water soluble. That type of thinking causes serious harm to people who think that they can just crush a pill, mix it with some water and inject it.

Is there a reliable way to know if something is completely water soluble? I know benzos for example appear to be water soluble but do not dissolve completely.

Although, I have a feeling you wont listen anyway.

If I wasn't going to take advice I wouldn't be asking for it . I don't plan on doing a lot of cocaine. Among other reasons, I rely on Adderall to be able to do my job (really bad ADHD) and I'd like to avoid the cross-tolerance as much as possible. That being said, the Adderall tolerance means that I'd have to do more cocaine to get a high.

 

[sekio]

Don't do cocaine if you value your nasal passages. Just avoid it entirely; it's cut with so much shit these days it's totally unsafe to be snorting it if you don't getiot out of the coca plant yourself.

I'm sure small doses are fine in many individuals, but some people get really strange nasal infections after a few sessions of blow. It's impossible to tell if it will happen to you so the safest way to avoid the problem is not do any yay.

Is there a reliable way to know if something is completely water soluble? I know benzos for example appear to be water soluble but do not dissolve completely.

Dissolve the substance (pure substance please - mixing 2 heterogenous substances, or in the case of a crushed pill, many - will cause the solubility figure to go off) in water. Use heat and stirring if needed. When the solution is clear upon standing and does not form crystals or a cloudy precipitate, it's soluble. Benzodiazepines are in fact soluble in water, just very sparingly - something like 0.1mg/1ml.

If you don't have lab equipment or pure substances you can look up the solubility results in a book called the Merck Index. You can also use Google/Wikipedia.

To my knowledge the necrotic properties of cocaine come from the powerful vasoconstrictive effect and from cuts.

 

[aveoturbo]

Don't do cocaine if you value your nasal passages. Just avoid it entirely; it's cut with so much shit these days it's totally unsafe to be snorting it if you don't getiot out of the coca plant yourself.

I'm sure small doses are fine in many individuals, but some people get really strange nasal infections after a few sessions of blow. It's impossible to tell if it will happen to you so the safest way to avoid the problem is not do any yay.

Especially if one is already having issues with ones nose. At some point common sense has to kick in. Not trying to be mean, I just would rather not read about someone in your situation doing something like this and causing further damage.

 

[sekio]

If you're having any sort of major operation on your nose the doctor may well give you cocaine as part of the surgery anyway. Not cut up shit either. From what I hear the dose tops out at something like half a gram...

 

[IllCommunication]

Especially if one is already having issues with ones nose. At some point common sense has to kick in. Not trying to be mean, I just would rather not read about someone in your situation doing something like this and causing further damage.

It's not that my nose is damaged in any way, it just has a weird anatomy. The surgery is to remove my adenoids, which are vestigial in adults. Mine are larger than average which makes breathing difficult. It seems unlikely that it would be any worse for my nose than anybody else's, not counting the pending operation.

If you're having any sort of major operation on your nose the doctor may well give you cocaine as part of the surgery anyway. Not cut up shit either. From what I hear the dose tops out at something like half a gram...

He probably will, but unfortunately I won't be awake for it. I've read that they sometimes do this procedure using only cocaine for anesthesia, but I'll be having a more involved operation on my throat at the same time, a uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. The whole thing is a last ditch effort to prevent me from needing a sleep apnea mask for the rest of my life.

This actually brings me to another question. The procedure on my throat is going to hurt like a bitch. I've been told that even with the pain killers I will be in some serious pain for at least a week. If I was to dissolve some cocaine in water and put it into a small spray bottle, I could numb myself up. Would this have any effect on the healing process? How much would I need to keep myself numb, I'd only want to use a sub-recreational dose since I will be on oxycodone as well.

Before anyone flames me, I know this is a long shot and if I were to do it I'd send a sample off to a lab with a mass-spec first. I don't even want to think about what spraying levamisole on a surgical site would do. I also wouldn't do this without actually asking my doctor what would happen, but maybe somebody can tell me if it's even worth bringing up? In the past I've needed significantly more opiates than most to manage pain despite never having taken them recreationally. Would treating the pain this way be worth the risk of being denied extra pain killers?

I'm also looking into making a THC tincture, since smoking during recovery will be completely out of the question. If I'm going to be out of the office for a full week I might as well be stoned.

 

[sekio]

Don't use street cocaine as an oral anesthetic; it will only cause further tissue damage. Go buy some benzocaine throat spray or something that doesn't cause powerful vasoconstriction.

 

[nirvus]

lol @ sending street girl out for a date w/ MS/GC. sorry, that's funny. also, sorry that's funny.

to the OP: you sound like your head is in the right place, but i'd have to agree: no blow for a healing nose/throat. bite the bullet. if it works, if your apnea is relieved, wait till you heal and go celebrate; blow it right off a hooker's &^%$. (for me). but strong centrally acting agents (like cocaina) tend to not go so well with healing, what with the harmful vasoconstriction and the appetite suppression. you sound like someone who can hold it down in terms of moderation, maybe even force yourself to eat, but when it comes to DARI's they make one so .. . let's just say excitable. . .. that i'd want to be in top condition for the inevitable sex-fest. To each his own, and you have some balls if you're gonna consult with doc about supplementing your pain management, but then again, OXY is BAD for you anyway!!!! lol. good luck.

 

[ikarma]

I completely lost my sinus cavity. Hole in septum. I am pretty sure my doctor will know. Upside.... I NEVER have a stopped up nose.