Grapefruit juice. Still high, oh my!

[Tortoise]

Howdy Peeps,

Johnnny McJohnson was very much a sceptic when it came to the potentiation of codeine with the use of grapefruit juice. He'd tried it twice with no success and believed it to be a bit of a myth.

Until this morning. At around 6am, J McJ took his usual dose of 340mg of codeine and discovered that it hit him much harder than usual. Then he remembered that he'd drank a tall glass of grapefruit juice the night before at around 8.30, not for any reason other than the fact that he truly enjoys a good glass of grapefruit juice. Coincidence? No way!

A little later on, at about 10am Johnny had another tall glass of GF juice and believe it or not, he can still feel the calm tranquility and cosiness of the codeine now at 3pm, a whole 9 hours after dosing!

He has done codeine, many, many times so he is not naive to its effects. Nor is a lack of tolerance likely to have caused this increase in subjective effects and duration as Johnny has well and truly overindulged this week. He was actually expecting the codeine to feel weaker, not stronger.

He concludes that grapefruit juice is definitely a good, effective potentiator of codeine and surmises that the grapefruit juice is best taken at least a few hours before the ingestion of codeine, rather than at the same time or just before.

Johnny McJohnson stands corrected on his prior view on the subject and is humbled by his discovery. He strongly urges others to try it but to reduce their dosage slightly. Oh, and although Ruby Red GF juice is easier on the tastebuds, it's actually the normal variety that is alleged to work best.

peace friends and play safe
A very hapy Tortoise

ps. group hug