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Discussion => Drug safety => Topic started by: Geyser on August 01, 2011, 02:28 am
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I don't know if anyone else has looked into this, but as a chronic pain patient, I had major issues with my tolerance and the ever increasing amount of meds I had to take to keep my pain under control.
After some searching around, I found out about this stuff you can get from the Vitamin Shoppe called "Ashwagandha". When I bought it, it cost between $13 and $21 USD.
According to studies, it decreases opioid tolerance.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9292416?dopt=Abstract
And here is a very in depth article on the stuff.
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2006/jun2006_report_ashwa_01.htm
I have been taking the stuff for five weeks, with a two week break from the narcotics.
Week one:
Narcotics and the Ashwagandha (two 400mg two - three times a day) - no noticable change
Week two:
Narcotics and the Ashwagandha (two 400mg two - three times a day) - small noticable change (i think... its hard to tell)
Week three:
Just ashwagandha (two 400mg two - three times a day)
Week four:
just ashwagandha (two 400mg two - three times a day)
Week five:
back on the narcotics, and the ashwagandha with a lower dose of the narcotics and a noticable ease in the effectiveness of the pain medication. Not a normal two week break feeling at all. It seemed like I was detoxed for a few months.
The way I figure it, and I could be wrong, is if I continue with the ashwagandha and the medications (not taken at the same time for fear of complete sedation), I could take my medication at smaller, more regular doses for the best possible pain relief.
I hope this helps
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Going to have to try this. Thanks for the info!
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This is interesting. They are always trying to find ways to lower tolerance. One thing that helped me was methadone. A small dose of methadone mixed in with my regular pain killers basically stopped me from having to increase every 6 months or so. But, Im going to look into your little find..
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One word: Dextromorph
Meaning: combining dextromethorphane and opioids (shouldn't work with codeine though due to desmethylation and C6G) to potentiate them and control tolerance. Google it.
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yes and there is a guy selling it dxtrom... in the form of coprox right on SR.
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good read thanks