...that weed increases the efficacy of opioids, allowing for smaller doses.
well times have changed since i've had to do serious pain relief. in the old days if ya tweaked yer back or whatever, they'd write ya script for about 50 horse pills of 10 mgs vicodin and then call ya back to see if ya need more. these days yer lucky if ya gets 12 x 5mgs no refill so don't ask.
that being said, yesterday afternoon i was hurting so i dropped a 5mg. vicodin and vaped a chamber of 32% flower. woke up 3 hrs later. the sun had set. the dog wanted out. so yeah, i'd say enhanced.
i really don't like taking vicodin. the threat of dependancy is always there. i get itchy skin and it tends to constipate me so it's not really my thing. i guess i'm an outlier in that regard.
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I guess I'm lucky in a couple of ways. 1, my primary is quite open to managing my pain (which is both serious & long-term/recurring) and will prescribe me what I need, and 2, I seem to be able to kick OK. 3 times I have had to take hydrocodone (combined with 500mg of acetaminophen it's Vicodin - which they no longer make for reasons i will explain in second - and with 375mg is Norco) for extended periods; twice for over a year, once for over 3 years. In each case I was able to stop fine; not enjoyable, but not difficult (the second time, just because I'm a contrary SOB, I did it keeping 2 pills in my pocket the whole time).
But I am hoping my upcoming surgery will have me feeling well enough soon enough that I can drop them before the week-and-a-half joy of twitchiness is an issue; like I said - not hard, but less than a good time.
As to the end of Vicodin: The hydrocodone isn't the real problem; my 1st pain doc told that a major problem was it getting diverted to the street, and people taking a buttload to get off - and the acetaminophen shutting down their livers. Yep - Tylenol ODs (which are usually blamed on the narcotic, but the Tylenol will kill you first. Though being killed by Tylenol is not a new concept for those of us who were living in Chicago when the Extra Strength Tylenide killings happened.......)
Peter (who lost his baby brother to Fentanyl-laced Percocet - but will save for another time his thoughts on how tighter controls on opioids are a major contributing factor to what they like to call "the opioid crisis")
