snus and pain meds

[InFlames]

I've been put on hydrocodone to manage the pain cause by my wisdom teeth until they can be surgicaly removed this comming friday. I totaly forgot about hydrocodone having a side effect of lowering my nic tolerance. (Was on it years ago for kidney stones and it had same effect, had to cut down the amount of cope i was dipping by about half.)
Put in a pris of oden's es kanel and boy did i pay for it! Had to remove the pris after 20min, felt awful and ended up taking an 1hr nap to sleep it off. So have to lay off the starks for now.Using up some of the mini portions i have around since they now feel like a reg portions.

Not sure if this is a typical side effect of pain meds for most or just one of those odd things that effect me.Thought i'd pass it along in case anyone here ends up having to take pain meds that they might need to go easy on the snus during that time.

john

[Roo]

Weird, that stuff makes me chain-snus. Good luck with the wisdom teeth, and more importantly the nic fits when your mouth is too f'd up to snus!

[daruckis]

do you have to lay off the snus a while after your teeth get pulled? i know youre not supposed to drink.

[sagedil]

LOL, no, you should be able to do portions fine.

You can't smoke (or shouldn't, I did). But you shouldn't smoke as the sucking will create dry socket, extremely painful. Drinking from a straw will do the same thing. But the issue is the sucking action. Portions, gently against my gums (assuming in front away from damage area), shouldn't cause any issues.

[InFlames]

I will find out on how snus use effects things after having the surgery as i will be snusing or atleast i will attempt to. Not sure how this will be as this is different from other dental work i've had in the past. My wisdom teeth are still below the gums so they can't just pull them. They have to put me under and make an incision and remove the teeth that way, then they sew the incisions up.

In the past i've had a tooth simply pulled out plus i've had a root canal and 2 fillings. I dipped copenhagen as normal after those dental visits and did'nt have issues with it. Hoping that's how things will work this time around but we'll see. Snus is alot less harsh than cope is so my odds should be good as far as the tobacco irritating anything. If not i have mc chrystals on hand.

john

[DrSnus]

i agree, makes me chain snus...

[badlands]

I read snus and pain meds. thought there was a party going on.

[InFlames]

I read snus and pain meds. thought there was a party going on.

LOL :lol:

[jackolantern]

Pain meds don't lower nic tolerance. Nic tolerance rapidly builds and drops. That is why, when you smoke cigs, a cig in the morning will give you head spins, but then if you smoke again, it won't. Then later that day, if you haven't smoked in a couple of hours, you may get head-spins again.

However, the inverse is somewhat true. Nicotine users may have a slightly lower tolerance to other substances, including pain meds. This is because the liver has to process the nicotine, and your liver is like a queue; it can only do so much at one time.

[elmos]

Pain meds and snus

Funny, I have been on pain meds for quit awhile. I do find I snus more.
But then again, the meds have a reverse effect and tend to wake me up. I smoke a pipe and notice i can tolerate tobacco I would normally say would taste harsh. I would just say watch your snus intake.

[Snusdog]

In the past i've had a tooth simply pulled out plus i've had a root canal and 2 fillings. I dipped copenhagen as normal after those dental visits and did'nt have issues with it. Hoping that's how things will work this time around but we'll see. Snus is alot less harsh than cope is so my odds should be good as far as the tobacco irritating anything. If not i have mc chrystals on hand.

john

John,

If you run ito a problem with the snus, nasal snuff may work to tied you over (at least a little). Just an idea.

Hope all goes well bro and that you're back up and running soon

[InFlames]

John,

If you run ito a problem with the snus, nasal snuff may work to tied you over (at least a little). Just an idea.

Well i have some around so i'am set if i have to go that route.