From: an225234@anon.penet.fi Subject: Demerol Experiences Date: 1995/07/17 newsgroups: alt.drugs.hard Hi, I thought I'd share my experiences regarding Demerol (meperidine). For the last five years I had been a nurse at a pretty big hospital, and took just about every type of drug imaginable. I always had a clean-cut appearance, and was highly thought of for both my skills and knowledge in nursing, so I was able to get away with my 'recreational' activities without any suspicisions. For those that don't know, Class II narcotics (such as Demerol and morphine) require large amounts of pretty voluminous paperwork to ensure that none of the personnel is pilfering from the narc cabinets for their own use. By examining the method my hospital used for billing, stocking, and tracking narcotic usage by patients, I was able to come up with a few ingenious methods of obtaining drugs for my own use. By alternating techniques, I was ensured an almost constant supply of drugs. The first couple of times I injected Demerol, I used between 75-100 mg intramuscularly. This produced an incredible feeling of euphoria and peace in me. I LOVED IT!!! I remember the first time I tried intraveneously, I was shaking so much from the apprehension of crossing that line from what I perceived as occasional recreational use to something more serious. After the Demerol was injected, it hit me with such force it was like having a brain orgasm. After a few weeks of such usage, it was harder and harder to get the 'orgasmic' feeling, but very pleasurable nonetheless. I noticed that if I abstained for a while, my next dose would be more effective. I started injecting it at work as well. I was rapidly becoming pretty disillusioned with the whole nursing field, and used not only demerol and morphine, but benzos like valium, xanax, librium, etc., and oral opiate analgesics like percocet, talwin, lortab, etc. I also started drinking quite a bit of alcohol at home. I want to emphasize that drugs weren't causing my life to suck, it's just that I was stuck in a job that sucked and drugs were a way to deal with it. So anyway, I would be at work, totally stoned out my mind while maintaining an exerior of competence, skill and professionalism. Of course, I would be responsible for the medical care of five or six patients at the time, but contrary to many people's beliefs, nursing is such a brain-dead profession that I was able to operate on Auto-pilot for five years without anyone suspecting a thing. Things rapidly escalated, and the last two years at the hospital I was injecting between 600mg to 900mg per eight hour shift. I still enjoyed using it immensely, although I did notice that I was unable to keep from using it while at work. On my days off I really didn't miss it, and I would often go on week-long backpacking trips without experiencing any sort of physical withdrawl symptoms. I have to say this, the shit is good. Demerol is probably the most enjoyable drug I have ever had the pleasure of using. In the end, I wasn't caught because I exhibited any sort of 'classic' behaviors of drug addicts. In fact, I took care of many drug addicts trying to kick the habit, and none of them even saw it in me. What got me was a stupid slip-up on my part when it came to the record keeping aspect of the narcotic cabinet count. Other nurses on the floor where also using, because we would often come up with a discrepancy in the narc cabinet count that was not on my shift. After I got caught, it pretty much ended my career in nursing, which was fine with me... I had gotten so sick of the whole nursing 'profession' (it's more of a vocation than a profession). The nursing board said they estimate that there are six or seven nurses with drug dependancy problems that they don't know about for every one that gets caught. Now that I don't have access to sterile needles and syringes and pharmaceutical quality Demerol, I'd think twice about injecting anything I got off of the street. An E.R. nurse who's been an addict says that Demerol bought on the street costs like $50 for 100mg; that's amazing since hospital pharmacies buy it for 25 CENTS for such a dose, and then turn around and charge the patient $18 for it. Anyway, I don't regret doing the Demerol, it's an incredible high, and getting caught was just what I needed to get out of a bad career choice. I highly advise anyone who gets the chance to try it (provided you use sterile equipment and pure Demerol). P.S. After injecting AT LEAST 500 times, my arm (I almost always used the same site) never did develop any sort of track marks. Probably because I always used a 25 gauge needle and never (well, very rarely) injected anything that contained impurities. Andy ==================================================================== From: an422910@anon.penet.fi (D.) Subject: Snorting Tar/The Joys of Meperidine Date: 1995/12/09 newsgroups: alt.drugs.hard [...] Someone earlier posted disparaging remarks about meperidine. In my experience (which is probably most everything other than the synthetic endorphin-type opiates) there is no better opiate rush than 100-300mg of IV demerol. It has a beautiful taste and feel and IMHO a nod with the most vivid dream-states. Yes, it is short acting and very edgey when wearing off, but I found that this problem can be countered with either a simultanuous oral dose or a subsequent dose of a longer acting narcotic, like smack or morphine. Of course it can be countered with hourly injections of more meperidine, but then again I guess _this_ is the problem. My problem with demerol is the difficulty of obtaining it; I never see it on the street and doctors rarely prescribe it for anything less than the most painful and/or terminal maladies. D. [...] ==================================================================== From: (Timelord95) Subject: Re: Merphegan ??? Date: 1995/11/06 newsgroups: alt.drugs.hard The name is Mepergan. Two different forms available: Injection, containing 25mg meperidine HCl and 25mg Promethazine HCL per cc, and Fortis Capsules, containing 50mg meperidine and 25mg promethazine. Excellent drug- in fact one of my favorites.... Too bad you can't UUE and post solid objects. ;) The Timelord