How bad is it to snort oxies and vic

[LettinGo]

My BF has been doing it and now his ear is bleeding. Could it be form snorting the pills? Anyone else have this happen?

[IBKleen]

Hello and Welcome to the forum!

To be honest, I think you answered your own question. Snorting pain meds, especially ones that are that strong, could cause all sorts of problems. It sounds that he has problems.
The majority of the people in this forum have stopped taking pain meds, or are working on doing so. If he wants help he is welcome to reads posts and/or ask for help. This would be the place.

Take care.

[slideshow]

If its ocs that he is snorting, once he becomes opiate tolerant, he will begin to crush more of them and snort more at one time....I don't what he is snorting now, but he has to STOP....There is not only the danger of the bleeding you mention, septm problems, other Brain issues, more, and more, but there is the danger of someday, crushing too many oxys at one time and simply the potential to DIE.

[beachtowel]

Snorting tablets is really bad for you besides the narcotic from the pills read the bottle of all the other ingredients that are in the pills......that is what is really terrible I'm surprized that his nose isn't really screwed up too......
Only addicts crush and snort up pills no body else in this world would even think about doing that...

Has your boyfriend ever tried to get clean?

[bettie1976]

when I was 17, I was snorting speed. One morning I woke up with red eyes. Not the color of my green eyes but the whites all around them were blood red. And when I used to take a lot of any drug, i would blow my nose and blood would come out.

[juneblaze09]

you act like you weren't an addict for MOST of your life!!! so stop sounding like he is a horrrrible person for doing that....i'm sure you've sniffed things in your past and look how long it took you to get clean!!! your suppsed to help people here not put them down...and your acting like a hypocrit!!!

[lunachick]

snorting pills is really horrible for your lungs as well, cause of all the fillers inside pills. It all goes right to your lungs..bad stuff.

[Shattered]

Beach is correct. Only Addicts snort pills

[marcatj]

he's got a serious problem, especially if blood is coming from his ear.

juneblaze - please quick changing screen names and being such a dang bummer....

[IBKleen]

Here we go again.NOBODY said ANYTHING wrong!

Let's stop it right here before it gets out of hand!

Hugs at ya.......

[lunachick]

for real *wink*

[LettinGo]

Thank you for  getting back to me. Funny, it was my BF that found this site, He is in trouble and I can't seem to talk sense into him about this. He has even asked me if I would go to the ER and pretend to have an ear ache to ge him more pain meds and I said definately not. Right now he is just crying and laying in bed. I don't know what to do.

[bettie1976]

My bf went to the ER for me countless times because he didnt wanna see me sick. He was also doctor shopping for me. He just really knew what I was going thru and didnt wanna see me hafta go sleep with my ex to get some. Thats really how bad I was. And yet he stuck by me. Im not saying you should go to the ER for him. B/C of me, my bf was labeled as a drug seeker at his doc's (even tho he came clean to her about why he was getting pain meds from her on my advice) and at a hospital or two. Weve straightened some of that out.

[bettie1976]

get him into a detox? make HIM go to the ER and come clean with THEM about WHY his freakin ear is bleeding?

[lunachick]

my b-f did the same exact stuff for me.You don't wanna go down that same road believe me.

[LettinGo]

Well, he just left and he didn't look good and said he was going to an urgent care place. He was soooo mad at me for not doing it for him. I wish he would listen to me or anybody else. I don't think I can stay here much longer if he won't stop doing this.

[bettie1976]

He's going to get pain meds huh?

[slideshow]

Beach was right about the adulterants, in the pills.  Its bad enough to snort the med...He could OD on that, if its ocs.  The adulterants, are the glue that holds the pills together and the dye that makes them the color they are.  Permanent nose and septum damage are only the very beginning of the dangers.  The fact that he was mad at you for not doing it for him is indicitive that its time for you to examine your true feelings for him.  His emotions are being controlled by the dope.  The dope is more important than you at this point, and I really really mean no harm or offense by that.  The addication is doing his talking and acting.  Only addicts snort pills.  Several others have written that and it is SO true.  Sooner or later he will run out of ER places to go and if he gets anything at all it will be weak tylenol 3, so hes going to end up snorting tylenol, bad for his nose AND his liver.

[slideshow]

No BF may not be a horrible person, but he is becoming one.  All the relies here only mean to help LettinGo, who is more important at this time than the bf.  My 2 cents.

[slideshow]

I would be seriously concerned about the bleeding in the ear.....The sinus cavities are all connected somehow (I don't know how, or for sure but think this), so there is already something serious going on.  In all my years of snorting Coke, I NEVER bled in my ear.  He may have already popped some blood vessel if not in his brain, then darn close to it.  I think all of our ears are pretty dog-gone close to our brains......The adulterants in the pills are doing "something" hurtful.....Call an ER and ask anonomously.  Use a pay phone if you are nervous about caller ID.....You need to check with some medical person to see just what might be.  I'm thinking he could be closer to an ambulance than we are typing here.

[LettinGo]

I don't think I can do this much longer. he was snorting heroin here and there then said he wnated to get on methadone but never did, now hwe is snorting up these pain pills ans syas it is better because it isn't illegal. He is really, really bad and is about to loose his job. I'm not home all the time because I work at night so I can't check on him. This is getting wway too weird for me.

[slideshow]

Well if he is lying to the ER people he is wrong, it is illegal.    Perhaps you need to save yourself.  Examine your feelings and see if they are deep enough to fight this battle with him.  I'm not saying to throw him to the dogs, but I might be saying don't let the dogs eat you too.

BTW, Methadone is just as bad an addiction as herion, but they don't tell you that.  Well maybe its not as bad as junk, but it IS bad.......Suggest suboxone.   Do you love him enough to go to h e l l with him?  Its a good question to ask yourself.

[juneblaze09]

Maybe you should really talk to him about this and tell him that he needs to get help or it's not going to work out...if he chooses not to get help...then that just shows how much he really cares about your relationship....not trying to get you upset or anything but if this isn't the lifestyle that you want to be around then you should try to get him to get help or move on.....i know it sucks but you gotta do what you gotta do ya know!!

[slideshow]

That was good advice june..............................

[LettinGo]

I'm not sure what I am going to do when he gets back. I just found this glass thingy that is all black on the bottom. I think he is smoking pills too. I am packing a bag in case I just have to leave. I think I will leave a list of rehabs in our area when I go to work and hope he chooses to that. He hasn't been very nice and I have been getting really scared sometimes. I don't think I can be around this anymore. It is too scary. Thank you guys for talking to me I don't have anyone else to ralk too my family would just say I told you so.