Which is stronger 5mg of Oxycodone or 60mg of Codeine and is it safe to take them together?

templelane

Don't take them together. I don't know which would be stronger although 60mg of codeine is pretty strong. What is it for?

These are both perscription medicines so you sould talk to your doctor if you are finding they are not working.

ThunderGulch

I usually take Percocet (oxycodone) before long tattoo sesions to ease the pain. A friend of mine just got T4's from his doctor for the same reason. I have both just deciding what to take. And before any one says to suck it up and take the pain, go get 30+ hours of ink done then get back to me =)

templelane

You'd probably be better taking lower doses of something less strong like paracodeine (500mg paraceamol, 18g codeine) more frequently so that you don't feel sick. That's just my own experience though, if I take 60 mg codeine I feel as sick as a dog and when I was reading about oycodone (which I have never taken) it said it causes nausea and dizziness. Not something I think you'll be wanting if you're getting a tattoo done. But you might have a higher tolerance than me, everyone's different after all.

Ibuprofen might be a good idea as it is an anti imflamatory as well as an analgesic which could be useful with tissue damage. You can get OTC ibuprofen and codeine combos now. Don't mix it with paracodeine though (worst idea I've had in a long time)

I can't decide which is stronger as codeine gets converted into morphine by enzymes in the liver (it is approximately a fourth of the strenght.) Yet the oxycodone is a opiod agonist so doen't need converting at all but is at a much lower dose. If you go to a pharmacist they could probably advise you better. Random fact - some people don't have the appropriate enzymes to convert codeine so it has no effect at all.

Almost forgot to mention if you are on any other medications at all (even antihistamines) go check with a doctor or pharmacist first as there are loads of drugs which interact badly. You don't want to pass out half way through.

What are you getting done?

ThunderGulch

Im having a full back piece done which wraps around my ribs a bit, a Cross and wings. What is the highest recommended dose with codeine? I have a high tolerance for drugs Im over 200lbs so I'll probley take 2 T4's which is 600mg acetaminophen and 120 mg codeine

templelane

It's very hard to OD on codiene as your liver enzymes max out before you can convert it all to morphine (usually*). However if the tablets contain another drug such as paracetamol (acetaminophen) you can permenantly damage your liver with these instead. Be careful about how much of these you take as your weight won't help with this.
Read the packet and just don't take more than it says, especially considering your body will be under enough stress as it is already.

Here are the side effects of T4
CODEINE/ACETAMINOPHEN - ORAL (Tylenol with Codeine) side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions.

Also you will feel really ill (really sick can't stress this enough) if you take too much codeine.

Have you considered meditation you could use it to disasociate from the pain.

*covering myself here, i'm not a doctor this is theory