How To Snort The New Formula Opana Er (Page 32)
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I became a pain patient after I fell off a horse in March of last year and sustained spinal injuries which are still VERY painful. Opana ER was the first thing doctors gave me that helped at all and now that they have changed the formula I'm in a lot more pain. I want to break down the formula so I can insufflate it, as I am told I may get more pain relief and increase bioavailability of the drug. The new formula hardly offers the same pain relief, Please help me!

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I take 40mg 3x daily as directed. I do not abuse my medication. The new formula does not work, period. I am now taking 6x daily with some relief. At $15 a pill, I am going to have to try some other medication. Any suggestions?

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There's always someone who has to reply with a statement like this. He's asking how to do something not for your opinion. Plus when the new OCs came out people who we're in pain took them how they we're suppose to and said the new ones didn't help the pain like the old ones. Same with this Opana. If they are not as strong as the old formula when swallowed than of course you would want to try and find a way that would maximizes the effect. Unfortunately even grinding them won't really make them stronger.

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I am also a Chronic Pain Patient and I was on Opana ER twice a day nearly 3 years ago and when taken orally, they never helped me much back then. Instead of calling my Chronic Pain Doctor and making an appointment to speak with him about changing my meds or increasing the dosage, I did what you are thinking about doing, I began abusing them. I had never snorted meds or anything else before in my life. Looking back now, it's pretty laughable that I didn't contact my Chronic Pain Doctor with any complaint, fearing that I may be labeled as a 'pain med seeker'. I began taking them and I did receive GREAT pain relief, so intense that everything seemed better in my life....until I began needing more and more and more. Not to mention that I began to question whether I was taking these Opana ER's for pain relief or for the euphoria. Eventually, I needed to take the Opana ER's to keep from being sick. Finally, after realizing that I, a respected 40 something, Mom of 3, who was not only a much loved woman by her family, friends and 'church family', I was addicted to these things. After much prayer and courage, I went through the worst sickness that was so intense that I questioned if I would live or not, by going cold turkey. And that was the last I ever abused any oral pain medication in my life. I can tell you from experience that it just isn't worth it. I began doing research on this particular medication later on and found out that the bio-availability was pretty low when taken orally. I will never take that medication ever again in my life. This is going to seem strange to many and unbelievable as well, but I am taking Oxycodone for pain relief and it works well for me and I do not have any desire to snort them at all. If the Opana ER aren't working well for your pain relief, contact your Chronic Pain Doctor concerning this. I am sure that you will experience the same ordeal as I did and it was awrful and shameful as well. Be smart and leave your Chronic Pain management up to your doctor. It just isn't worth it. I hope that you have not and will not snort this medication. Good luck and be safe and well.

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I take Opana. I take 10mg twice a day. I started on it a month ago, just filled my second script, it works fine for me. I've heard the new Opana and Oxycontin don't work as well as the old formulas. So maybe if they still made the old type of Opana I'd be taking a smaller dose and only need the 5mg or 7.5mg. But yeah, if they don't work for pain relief, you tell your doctor, so he can raise the dose (my doctor is, and I'm sure most doctors are aware of the many claims by TONS of patients the new "crush resistant/abuse-proof versions don't work as well), or switch you to another med. But snorting meds is not, not-NOT good. All the fillers in the pill sit in your sinuses and don't dissolve right away and people have gotten really serious life threatening bacterial, mold etc. sinus infections because of snorting their meds. The infections can then spread to your lungs, turn you into a real mess.

Maybe the instant release version as a breakthrough pain med or just the instant release 3 times a day instead of the ER twice a day would work for you, the instant release you might only need to taker slightly more often and since it's instant release it dissolves very easily in your stomach and I'm sure would give you relief.

People routinely destroy their sinuses, sense of smell (and taste since it is linked to smell) and raise their chances of all sorts of respiratory and sinus infections by snorting drugs, and not just 'dirty' street drugs but pharmeceuticals too!

I apologize, maybe you're not a junkie looking to get high, but snorting your opioid pain meds is neither physically or mentally, ESPECIALLY not physically healthy.

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I have been on Opana for nearly 3 years. The person is right the new Opana do not work at all. It seems as if none of the medication gets into your body.

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Snorting a pill will not help, nor is it safe to do so, especially with time released products.

They contain fillers and not all of them are meant to be broken down by the human body, they are normally just expelled as waste. However, if you snort them, you create the risk of blockages, which may lead to respiratory arrest, on top of the risk of overdose.

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Have you spoken to your doctor about trying a different medication, or dosage?

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Smart ass, the new ones DON'T give any relief. Someone that don't take them can say they do I'm talking the chemist n such that reformulated them but they do NOT! Period

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Better pain relief? What you really mean is that you want to get high. Just be honest about why you want to grind them down to snort them. Nobody who really takes these meds for pain relief snorts them.

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