Tramadol

[jdoggg12]

Ok, so the Dr.s got me on this stuff as an alternative to Percocet (long term nerve pain from a motorcycle wreck). F*ck this stuff! This sh*t is horrible!

The drug itself is awesome! It's basically a moderate opiate as well as a serotonin stimulant (like ecstasy). It's good for pain relief and he had me on a couple pills a day.

Well about 3 days ago I ran out. My appointment to get a new script was on monday, but ended up getting pushed out to tomorrow. I had horrible withdrawal symptoms. Irritibility, depression, anxiety, restlessness, and nausia to name a few. I couldn't sleep at night and had to smoke myself retarded late at night so that I could knock my brain to the point of being able to sleep in spite of the withdrawal effects.

Here's an excerpt from the drugs.com forum on the addictiveness of this stuff...

I have read on many forums, of Heroin addicts claiming that Tramadol is much worse to get off of than Heroin. I've not only read this once, but several times. I've read where many of these experienced addicts who have been on and off of just about everything you can imagine, saying that getting free from Tramadol is absolutely the wost experience of their lives. Many of them even recommend going through detox and getting methadone. I personally don't agree with this, as methadone can simply cause different problems. And it is highly unlikely that you would get methadone from a clinic for a Tramadol problem. Unfortunately (perhaps fortunately in the case of methadone), not too many people have even heard of Tramadol, let alone are they familiar with the seriousness of the addiction. This includes many of the doctors that are prescribing it and inadvertently turning people into junkies.

One of thing that makes Tramadol so difficult a drug to get off of, is that you are not only dealing with the opiate effect, but also the serotonin effect, which is probably more pronounced than the opiate effect, and more likely responsible for the symptoms of withdrawal. Opiates make us not care about pain (or anything else for that matter), and serotonin makes us feel good. Combine the withdrawal effects of these two physiological dependencies at once, and it is analogous to trying to quit an antidepressant (the serotonin) and something similar to codeine (the opiate). So, quitting Tramadol is not something to be taken lightly.

So, if any of you are given the option to get on this stuff.... think VERY carefully about it. Limit it to a very temporary use or a very very long term use b/c a mid-term usage of this stuff is not worth the addiction and withdrawal.

 

[Capt Caveman]

My vet has prescribed it for my dogs several times.

 

[Newbian]

Well now you are hooked so that's how they make their money.

 

[rudeguy]

Dude...I want some

 

[jdoggg12]

Originally posted by: NSFW
Dude...I want some

Haha, i don't think its a highly controlled substance, you could get if a lot easier than percocet or vicodin.

Originally posted by: Newbian
Well now you are hooked so that's how they make their money.

Haha, well the worst of the withdrawals are gone - i will NOT be taking it daily ever again. Only on the worst of the severe pain days.

 

[rudeguy]

I'll have to see if my mom has some. She has fybro, so the docs give her all kinds of cool drugs.

 

[Quasmo]

I swear I read "Synthetic iPod killer."

 

[Chunkee]

I took two of these one day for the disc pain in my neck... good lord...i woke up at noon, missed two meetings and had the worse fucking hangover...i felt like my name was Ruff Tricky, and i curled up in a ball in the dark for the rest of the day and called in sick.... bad jojoo with these...never had that problem with Demerol.

jC

 

[Electric Amish]

This stuff is rough as hell on your stomach.

 

[olds]

I was on it a while for my back. It worked so-so but then started giving me headaches. Now I am on Avil and :beer:

 

[duragezic]

Never took it before. I haven't heard that it is harder to kick than other opiods. The symptoms you describe are precisely those from withdrawal. But you're right, anyone getting a prescription of opiods needs to be fully aware of their addictiveness and the awful withdrawal symptoms that come after prolonged use.

 

[jdoggg12]

Originally posted by: duragezic
Never took it before. I haven't heard that it is harder to kick than other opiods. The symptoms you describe are precisely those from withdrawal. But you're right, anyone getting a prescription of opiods needs to be fully aware of their addictiveness and the awful withdrawal symptoms that come after prolonged use.

It's harder to kick b/c its has the same opioid withdrawal as other drugs AND the seratonin (ecstasy-like) addiction/withdrawal.

 

[Miramonti]

It works pretty well for my dog. Btw how much does it cost you? (I got it at the vet)

 

[jdoggg12]

Originally posted by: jjsole
It works pretty well for my dog. Btw how much does it cost you? (I got it at the vet)

$5 prescription through ins. for 120 50mg pills

 

[thepd7]

Wait a damn second...you are telling me an opiate is addictive?

shens.

 

[Nocturnal]

If it's anything remotely like ecstasy then that is some good stuff.

 

[rudder]

Yeh that stuff gets you thumping especially when mixed with a muscle relaxant.

 

[BoomerD]

I have 2 or 3 bottles of that crap. For me, it does nothing at all except make me groggy, more the following day than the day when I actually take it. NO pain relief, NO opiate-type "buzz," nothing but groggy.

 

[yhelothar]

doxylamine succinate(OTC unisom sleep aid) always works well to combat drug withdrawals for me.
that shit chills me out like none other.. it feels like taking 5 benadryls at a time, and lasts twice as long.

oh and tryptophan/5-htp(precursor to serotonin) supplements works well to replenish some of those neurotransmitters during the withdrawals too.

 

[eits]

/facepalm

just go to a chiropractor dude...

 

[Cobalt]

Tramadol is garbage, didn't give me much pain relief or even give that buzz for that matter. And compare it to ecstasy, what? Are you kidding me? You got ripped off at the club then pal.

 

[jdoggg12]

Originally posted by: eits
/facepalm

just go to a chiropractor dude...

For what?

Originally posted by: cobalt
Tramadol is garbage, didn't give me much pain relief or even give that buzz for that matter. And compare it to ecstasy, what? Are you kidding me? You got ripped off at the club then pal.

I don't do ecstasy. I've read, several times, on drugs.com and other sites that the seratonin release that Tramadol causes is a very similar effect of what E does. The intensity of the effect is only a fraction of what a single dose of E will do.

 

[clamum]

Oxycontin crushed taken with ecstasy makes a good high, or so I hear.

 

[RKS]

I ain't believing anything in this thread until I hear from an expert like ZaneJohnson.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I had been taking oxycontin for a while, I asked my doctor if I could try this instead since it's unscheduled and a much weaker opiate-like drug. But from what you posted as well as other things I read I wonder if it would be better just to stay on the oxy instead for pain relief when needed. But when I hurt it does work well with the oxy for pain control for me.