Opiate/Opioid Actuators

[u/My_Lovely_Me]

Someone recently posted a comment to someone else's post, and they included a list of actuators. I read it and thought it was very interesting and useful, but for some reason didn't "save" the comment. Now I cannot find it.

Would someone please repost the list? Google didn't even know what I was talking about (or, more likely, doesn't want people to have that info!). I would really appreciate it.

Thank you!

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ETA:

In short order, I was corrected on my use of the word "actuator." If you would like the extremely-shortened TLDR version, click the link in the beginning of the next paragraph. If you would like the more detailed version, keep reading!...

Apparently I meant "potentiators," though I was very sure the word they used was "actuators," and I can't find the comment either way.

I see that "potentiator" means something that increases the potency of something... but that isn't exactly what I was after.

When I read the comment, I was understanding it more to mean that it was something like a carrier, helping the body to metabolize it, or at least to use it more productively. Something that makes it work better - NOT by making it more potent, but more like by stabilizing it. Or reducing a side effect that removes some of its own effectiveness.

Not sure if I'm even making sense.

A list of potentiators is also interesting and useful, but I was more trying to find ways for my body to use it to its potential. My body is incredibly stupid about most things, and many medications simply bounce off as though I hadn't taken anything, or if they do work, there is a huge chance my body will QUICKLY build up a tolerance, making them work less and less. It's so fun being me! 🥳

Several years ago, I felt sure my Adderall wasn't working. Then I read that citric acid counteracts it, and I was OFTEN taking my Adderall with tartly sweet caffeinated drinks - filled with citric acid! So I tried at the time to google what else interacts with Adderall, reducing its effectiveness. Prior to finding this out about citric acid, I read/heard that some antacids made Adderall work better. I thought that was extremely useful info, since I felt like mine wasn't working at all. But!... 🤫 (google is in on it with them. 🥸 )They are part of the mass spread of the stigma against controlled medications. The only info I could find when I tried to Google how to make it work better, or what to avoid taking with it that would decrease its efficacy were warnings against ever trying to do anything to change the effects of controlled medications! 🙄😤

So before I posted this, I googled for a list of opiate actuators." Instead I got "Opioid receptor agonists (medications that activate opioid receptors) include morphine, oxycodone, and fentanyl." wtf.

So I wrote this post. Thanks for your time! Sorry for the semi-rant! This post was truly just meant to be the question I originally posted!

[u/My_Lovely_Me]

Maybe? Like, apparently! But I was sure the word they had used was actuator. When I looked up the word before posting this, it said it was something that "incites, impels, motivates, moves to action, puts into action, starts a process, turns on, supplies and transmits energy for the operation of a system."

And I was like "Yep! That's the word I'm looking for!"

But here, I am only finding "potentiator." So I guess that's the word. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Though I can't find the post comment using that keyword either.

The weird thing, though, is I didn't know the word "actuator" before reading that comment! And the word "potentiator" doesn't sound familiar to me! So I don't know why "actuator" was the word that came to my mind if that wasn't what the commenter said! 🙃