Tramadol Addiction (Page 2)

TRAMADOL=DECEPTIVE POISON. this drug is one of the nastier little secrets of the painkiller industry. from my experience it is highly addictive with all the standard withdrawal symptoms plus severe interference with the logical thought processes, more so than other opiates. and to think that this drug is advertised as a safer alternative to other painkillers. I work with numbers as part of my job and I was unable to function once i ran out of my supply early. put myself into a long term suboxone rehab program. am almost ready to "graduate" from the program. (yipee!!!). this nightmare has cost me about $450 a month for doc visits and meds. TRAMADOL = DECEPTIVE POISON

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Jobird, I was taking as many as 4 per day on really bad days, but normally I take 1 or 2 per month.
I haven't had any in a year. I have some I keep just in case, but I haven't had a bad enough day to use any for a while.

I read that in Europe, they have a pill that is half tylenol, and half ibuprophen, and it is supposed to be just as effective as opiates. The ibuprophen and tylenol have different ways of working, so they compliment each other. So I have a supply of those for when I need them... but I'm avoiding them as well as they are hard on the liver and heart. I'm in pain constantly, but I use back cushions as the main source of relief.

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You know what? I'm so sick and tired of what's going on with pain killers I have been suffering from severe pain / anxiety / panic attack when my daughter just started college now I'm a grandmother I can't even enjoy the children. They took away my norco then my valium at least I was able to function the only thing that helped my panic attack was valium it was like putting water on the fire & of course norco helped my pain a lot. So they put me on those horrible psychiatric med talk about side effects? First of all, they did not help my panic attack one bit secondly I was dizzy all the time I didn't know where I was not to mention the depression unbelievable why is it fda doesn't talk about these crazy med their feeding us? They keep talking addiction or dying what the hell is going on I think someday we'll all find out b's this is all bunch of bull if somebody is addicted they are also addicted to other drugs and that's what makes it bad for people like us we have to pay the price and suffer b's of bunch of drug addicts, & drug dealers instead of making our life miserable they should have strict rules for dr's to evaluate all their patients before giving out the med so we don't have to pay the price. And now they are going after tramadols I mean really?? I've been ordering whatever herbal med they are selling for pain and panic attack so far nothing has helped. The only reason I started to write today b's I was soo angry when I saw they are talking about tramadol I couldn't believe it. Anyway, I wish all the pain / panic attack people well just know their are a lot of us out there. Shame on fda for what they are putting us through for some reason?

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Re: deedee (# 22)
I so agree with you.I'm fortunate to have a wonderful nurse practitioner since 1986 so she knows I don't abuse drugs.Don't like taking meds but there are times we all need a bit of help in the pain department.

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Re: Allison (# 10)

WAY TO GO!!! Do NOT let the IGNORANT NAYSAYERS put you down for what IS working for YOU. I cannot stand hypocritical ppl that state suboxone users are just " staying high" ESPECIALLY the one that is EATING XANAX!! lol Functioning is not being high,

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Re: Bad Back (# 3)

Thanks for your comments, they're very insightful. I really hope you're doing ok. I hope you can keep looking around and find a Dr that will help you with the meds you need.

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