Oxycodone 5mg Tolerance Question

[TickTockMan]

I have been on Oxy since 2006. I started out at 2.5mg, but those got discontinued so I went up to the next lowest dose. All these years later I still have very little tolerance when I take one 5mg pill. Is this normal? They make me fall asleep for many hours at a time.

 

[Benvolio]

Have you tried cutting one in two? Have you asked your doctor for a different prescription? Since the lower dose is sufficient, perhaps there are other pain meds which would do as well?

 

[otters]

Have you tried cutting one in two? Have you asked your doctor for a different prescription? Since the lower dose is sufficient, perhaps there are other pain meds which would do as well?

Not sure if this can be recommended. Could destroy the sustained release, I suppose.

 

[TickTockMan]

Have you tried cutting one in two? Have you asked your doctor for a different prescription? Since the lower dose is sufficient, perhaps there are other pain meds which would do as well?

I have tried cutting them. I find one side of the pill would work and the other side would do nothing for me. I could never get a perfect center cut.

I have also tried every kind and type of pain meds available. Everything either did nothing at all or knocked me out at the lowest dose. Even Percocet didn’t work for me even though it is just Oxy and Acetaminophen. It knocked me out as well. What I take now gives me a small chance of being able to stay awake.


I am just wondering if it is normal for me to have such low tolerance?

 

[nycguydowntown]

I always heard the longer you take it the more you need for it to work--maybe you should try to get off it

 

[tantric]

oookay. you are doing very well, actually. when one abuses oxy, it's doesn't put you to sleep - it's a stimulant. you want to run around and clean your house and shit - that's the junkie thing. so long as it's sedating, you're good. you can buy pill splitters at the drug store.


if you want pain relief rather than joybuzz, you can potentiate your oxy by taking a dose of dextromethorphan HBr cough syrup. the dextromethorphan (DXM) is actually an anaesthetic that works on your brain - it has nothing to do with your throat. the combination helps the analgesic part of the oxy, but it kills the buzz. no, i'm not a doctor. yes, i can site PubMed articles about this, and it certainly wouldn't hurt to try. just make sure you get cough syrup with only dextromethrophan. peace, be safe.

 

[KaraBulut]

Out of curiosity, is the doctor who is prescribing your oxycodone a pain specialist?

The question with oxycodone formulations is whether it's an extended release formulation or not. The dosages that you've mentioned the 2.5mg and 5.0mg tablets are generally the standard formulation and can be divided with a pill cutter. The extended release (ES) formulations should never be broken or split.

The larger question is why you've been on the drug for nearly 10 years. Oxycodone like most opiates is addictive. It has a tendency to build both tolerance and interferes with the body's normal pain regulation system, which is why withdrawal is such an issue. It will become increasingly difficult to obtain both oxycodone and hydrocodone because of the addiction issues.

If you aren't seeing a pain management specialist, it might a good time to consult with one. There are some new options on the market that are as effective for chronic pain but don't have the side effects that oxycodone has.

 

[TickTockMan]

Out of curiosity, is the doctor who is prescribing your oxycodone a pain specialist?

The question with oxycodone formulations is whether it's an extended release formulation or not. The dosages that you've mentioned the 2.5mg and 5.0mg tablets are generally the standard formulation and can be divided with a pill cutter. The extended release (ES) formulations should never be broken or split.

The larger question is why you've been on the drug for nearly 10 years. Oxycodone like most opiates is addictive. It has a tendency to build both tolerance and interferes with the body's normal pain regulation system, which is why withdrawal is such an issue. It will become increasingly difficult to obtain both oxycodone and hydrocodone because of the addiction issues.

If you aren't seeing a pain management specialist, it might a good time to consult with one. There are some new options on the market that are as effective for chronic pain but don't have the side effects that oxycodone has.

Yes my doctor is a pain specialist. He is a Physiatrist. I have also told him about my family's drug issues, but he is not worried about that. I do regular drug testing and when I go to the ER and I get a pain med it knocks me out and they make a note of it. He says with as big as I am and as little of oxy that I take he is okay with keeping me on oxy. I have been told by a few doctors and nurses they know I am not abusing the oxy because I still have no tolerance to it. Hence my OP question.

 

[hotatlboi]

Yes my doctor is a pain specialist. He is a Physiatrist. I have also told him about my family's drug issues, but he is not worried about that. I do regular drug testing and when I go to the ER and I get a pain med it knocks me out and they make a note of it. He says with as big as I am and as little of oxy that I take he is okay with keeping me on oxy. I have been told by a few doctors and nurses they know I am not abusing the oxy because I still have no tolerance to it. Hence my OP question.

When you say you have no tolerance, do you just mean you have no cravings for more or that you can go off it for a couple weeks without any problems?

 

[TickTockMan]

I mean they put me to sleep or at least make me very drowsy.


But yes I have no cravings and I can go long periods without taking any.

 

[novastar]

That's a low dose but be careful. Long term opiate use can cause you to stop producing testosterone. That's something they don't tell ya

 

[TickTockMan]

I took myself off them in 2016 and have not looked back.