16th July 2008
[QUOTE=friendly_one;3648820]... I've hallucinated off of Darvocet before...
...only other time I hallucinated off any narcotics was... Demerol...
Friendly_one,
There is a rational, scientific explanation to these hallucinations when opioids are involved. It just so happens that methadone, darvocet (propoxyphene) and demerol (meperidine) are all in the same family of opioids. And they all have metabolites that can cause hallucinations. It's actually common. In fact, if too much demerol or darvocet are used, these metabolites accumulate and become toxic, which is why they rarely use demerol for long periods in hospitals any more. Methadone is the exception and has not toxic metabolites.
Please be careful if hospitalized that they not give you demerol or darvocet/darvon along with your methadone. Not only would you be highly susceptible to hallucinations, but chances of toxicity would be high.
steve
...only other time I hallucinated off any narcotics was... Demerol...
Friendly_one,
There is a rational, scientific explanation to these hallucinations when opioids are involved. It just so happens that methadone, darvocet (propoxyphene) and demerol (meperidine) are all in the same family of opioids. And they all have metabolites that can cause hallucinations. It's actually common. In fact, if too much demerol or darvocet are used, these metabolites accumulate and become toxic, which is why they rarely use demerol for long periods in hospitals any more. Methadone is the exception and has not toxic metabolites.
Please be careful if hospitalized that they not give you demerol or darvocet/darvon along with your methadone. Not only would you be highly susceptible to hallucinations, but chances of toxicity would be high.
steve