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[–] GuntPunt 0 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago 

Never mix benzodiazepams (xanax, Valium, etc) with opioid painkillers (oxycodone, Vicodin, morphine, fentanyl, heroin, etc.). Unless you want to stop breathing.

Also, don't be fat.

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[–] theepilepticferret 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I know cats and dogs are a different species, but we would use valium and hydromorphone together as part of anesthesia. Granted, anesthesia was carefully monitored, and hydromorphone is nowhere near as strong as Fentanyl. Also we were operating on cats and dogs, not pigs (;

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[–] GuntPunt 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Species is identical in this case: Pigs. ;P

Ya, the combo is used for anesthesia. But like you said it is monitored. They can tell how shallow your breathing gets and how slow your heart rate gets. It is essentially a medically induced coma. A person getting high or self medicating rarely knows how much to take and isn't frugal about the dose. If things get out of hand during an anesthesia, there are drugs on hand to reverse the effects immediately (Narcan).

I only say this because we had huge opiate epidemic in my area. Everyone I know who isn't with us any more died by mixing those two drugs.

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[–] clockworkgirl21 ago 

I take Klonopin as needed and I'm pretty sure I took it with Vicodin when I had severely infected wisdom teeth.

Maybe I'm not dead because it was a small dose of Klonopin (.25 mg every 12 hours) and I'm not fat?

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[–] GuntPunt 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It won't kill you in small dosages. So long as your doctor knows you are on both, should be good. Usually doesn't happen if you are taking a medicinal dosage. The two drugs just synergize really well. Both are depressants (slow the central nervous system, meaning heart and lungs). Just follow docs orders and you are fine... unless you are fat. ;P