How Long Does Tramadol Stay In Your System (Page 13) (Top voted first)

I took 100 mg of Tramadol last Thursday and have to have a urine test at my pain doc next Thursday (2 weeks between dosage and test). I was wondering if anyone has been tested positive after that long?

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If it is a narcotic then why can doctors who lost their narcotics license and PAs prescribe it? I go to 2 different specialists and they both say that tramadol/ultram is not a narcotic but just one step above a tylenol which is why they will not give it to me plus it causes feelings of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts in many patients! It IS a dangerous drug but however it is NOT a narcotic!

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I had an old script and pleny left of tramadol HCL 50mg I haven't took in a while and I took only one on Sunday because was really hurting then random test I had to test Wednesday will that shows up on the test?

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Wrong. I took 1 on accident, I put my medicines next to my dogs which look similar and took them without realizing. Within 30 minutes my heart was racing and I was higher than a kite. That's why I can't take it. It showed up in my urine drug test at Pain Management and I was dropped. I told yhem what happened and they didn't care. I have never have a problem with my tests before. This was happened 3 days before my appointment.

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You are completely wrong about Suboxone as well. I have several years professional experience with medications. Suboxone is the name brand of the combination of medicines Buprenorphine and Naloxone. Buprenorphine is a pain medication itself. It can also be used for opiate withdrawal. The naloxone is the medication that blocks opiates from working.. but that is not 100 percent accurate either. I was on Suboxone for 6 months for pain management.. at times if it wasn't strong enough, I would also take a 10mg Percocet. I still felt the effects of the Percocet.. the naloxone did not block it out.

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Tramadol is an analgesic not a narcotic, although the FDA has labeled as an opioid.

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In VA.and KY tramadol is considered narcotic schedule 4 controlled substance

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I had completely the opposite experience. If u take Suboxone like ur supposed to. And wean yourself down gradually... u should have no withdrawal symptoms

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google it! tramadol is an opiate, a schedule 2 controlled substance and is indeed a narcotic.

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Re: wishin (# 10)

I am on a pain management program and my doctor got on me for taking tramadol from an old prescription I had. Tramadol IS A MILD OPIATE according to my pain doctor and I tend to believe him

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No I wasn't. If you don't take anymore, it'll be out of your system by Sunday. Also, drink plenty of non alcoholic beverages.

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Actually, if you haven't taken anymore, it's already out of your system. Nothing to worry about.

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Re: wishin (# 10)

Tramadol is not a narcotic BUT IS a controlled substance. Therefore it WILL come out in drug screenings especially if you are going to a pain doctor.

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Re: Deb (# 4)


Actually, alcohol can be detected for up to three days after having even a small amount. It is not the alcohol itself that is tested for, but metabolites that your liver creates only after the alcohol has been metabolized, mainly EtG and EtS, which have longer half-lives. They can be detected for up to 96 hours after drinking depending on the dose. Good Luck! Drink lots of water!!!

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Re: Melanie Burrows (# 8)

Doesn't suboxone have opioid traits? I took that and still went through serious withdrawal. I found that kratom works for tramadol withdrawal. Kratom comes from trees and is not addictive. But kratom is from what's But if i don't have coffee in the morning, I feel like I'm dying. Lol

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To correct a few of u....... yes tramadol IS classified as a narcotic now and Not only have I done my research, but my suboxone doctor told me as well. And suboxone is an opiate agonist and suboxone blocks opiates. Therefore u do not feel "high" from an opiate after taking suboxone. My doc told me to never take an opiate 15 hours before or 15 hours after taking suboxone because it will make you sick! However, it never affected me that way when I relapsed, but it has made people I know sick, very sick indeed. Now, subutex is just like suboxone for the exception of the naloxone which is the opiate blocker in suboxone. They give subutex to pregnant women (I know from experience) just in case they need "pain killers" during delievery or pregnancy for whatever reason so that the baby doesn't suffer from withdraws. When u take an opiate after taking suboxone it sends your body into withdraw. That is why the doc and most people say u will/can get sick after mixing the 2. I have been sober now, with the help of suboxone/subutex for almost 3 years. I don't think I could have gotten this far without it. I truly thought it was a miracle drug after being addicted to "pain killers" for over 4yrs. And they classified tramadol as a narcotic because so many opiate addicts were taking them to avoid withdraw when they weren't able to take percocet, lortab, etc. I myself used to take 2 to 4 tramadol at a time to get "high" when I couldn't take the opiates of my choice for whatever reason. I hope this helps some of you.

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I think that by narcotic they mean an illicit substance. As in, if you have a scrip then its legal to possess and take. the word narcotic derives from a Latin word meaning to sleep. Just like narcolepsy, the operative stem is "narc" and when used in this context, loosely describes a subset of chemicals which commonly have lethargic side effects or otherwise hinder the normal function of your brain processes. Police use it as a blanket term for all illegal drugs.

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it's a narcotic base.

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I'm in Aviation and get randomly drug tested for opioids,,cannabis, alcohol but not benzodiazepines. I take carisoprodol 350mg at night (not while flying) and occasionally a Tramadol while I'm off for 7 days. Please tell me if either of these would test positive (I would not take the Tramadol 5 days before flying).

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Taking a opiate with suboxone will not make you sick. Now it does block the high affect a person would normally feel. I know this because I done it when I first started suboxone. I've been clean from pain killers for 2 years now and I can honestly say that suboxone saved my life and tens of thousands of dollars....

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techanically, tramadol is a narcatic now as of jan 2011.. however it does not show up on a drug test unless they process it thru the labs.. which ive never had it show up..

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