Suboxone taken with Trammadol?

[Jbeg1717]

I take Suboxone for pain due to too many past problems with addiction. I'm wondering If I could take Trammadol at night, long after I have taken my last dose of Suboxone?  
Since Trammadol is NOT an opiate, would there be any adverse effects? I've read some questions and answers in this forum and people are talking about Trammadol as it is a Opioid, which it IS NOT! Anyone who is in the know on this question know any answers to this? I am having really bad pain at night after work, and need something stronger than Advil.

[Jbeg1717]

Hey, thanks for the comment with something positive in it!! Because the Suboxone IS helping for the pain. The pain relief benefit is just out of my system long before I need it to be, and this time, there is no taking anything else later in the day. One of the posts I got said if it was helping with the pain, then I just haven’t found the right dosage, and I believe this to be true. Because I never got any kind of high like the opiate high, (except for just unpleasant sleepiness, which is gone now), I’m not afraid of taking a bit more, but it is pretty long acting. I take 4mg when I get up about 5:30AM, then, head out for work, then another 4mg at about 2PM when I take my last break. But, by the time 8PM rolls around, the pain hits me hard! That’s what drove me to the web, and finding this forum, so I could see what just plain folks around the world felt - not what docs or any other medical personnel thought. (The pharmacist, by the way is a life-long friend, and she was just trying to warn me about the Trammadol, most people who are taking high doses end up going into Grand Mal, seizures, plus, they always made me kind of sick - I can’t imagine more than 2 at a time) When I first started the program, I did so because of research finding that other countries are using it for pain, instead of one of the usual morphine, morphone, or codone drugs. That way, they can be walked off safely, but they never had that remembrance of the euphoria that opiates bring. Good luck, and good job of getting off the stuff yourself - it’s taken me years to stay clean this long (almost 2 years from opiates), despite the pain.

[ImDONENoMore]

Interesting.. the pharmacist telling you that Ultram is the new "thing".. not surprised though as I figured it was only a matter of time before people started to realize what this stuff was capable of.  I remember those days of Dr.'s trying to give me Ultram as an alternative to other standard opiates and I'd always say no... that was until I no longer had a choice and began taking it every day and eventually I could no longer function without it.

Whew am I glad those days are over.  GOOD for you for finding an alternative non-narcotic to treat your pain.  Good luck to you.  :)

[Jbeg1717]

I’ve been finding this out about the Trammadol since posting my first comment and asking about it. It seems to be what doc’s are telling everyone. A great pharmacist at a local grocery store has given me the most info and helped me more getting out of the funk I’ve been in because of the pain - just yesterday. So, yeah, now I know. And I know why you get all hyped up on it, but don’t feel really high or anything, but she said people are taking 4,5,6 at a time and stuff like that. This pharmacist was telling me that the Ultram has become the new “thing”. I had no idea, I just never abused it like I did with other things. Tried some Goody powders during the day, and got surprising results. I think I’m just going to try plain ol’ aspirin at night so I won’t have the caffeine keep me awake. I had only taken baby aspirin for health reason’s before this.

[ricart70]

I wonder why this question of whether tramadol is an opiod keeps coming up.I even got into an argument with my friend who is a 6th year med student about this.She said no it is not an opiate/opiod.She insisted on looking up the tech data on it and lo and behold   IT IS!  the naloxone tests,the lab rats etc.,etc.   It is the same as any other except it has an added antidepressant component .There must be some doctor or professors at med school telling everyone it's not a narcotic opiod.THat is the only reason I can see that this and only this drug keeps coming up for this particular debate.

[ImDONENoMore]

Agreed - you need to do a little more research on the tramadol.  The stuff is a synthetic opiate and it's really addictive.  It's poison so please try to find another alternative and one that won't lead to another addiction okay?

Excedrin or motrin can work really great for pain - have you tried those as well?

[Tommygunn74]

Jbeg

I'm sorry to say that you were somehow misinformed about the chemistry of this drug. If you google Tramadol it says its works as an opiate agonist. the suboxone you take will render it useless because it blocks your opioid recepters.
   I have to say that as far as OTC pain relivers goes I have had good results with Bayer Advance extra strenght.

[vicki595]

Tramadol is a synthetic opiate.

It's addicting.

If you take it after taking your Suboxone, it will have zero effect because all of your opiate receptors will have already been covered by the Suboxone.

What does your doctor suggest?  It's hard to believe a doctor is prescribing Suboxone for pain but nothing surprises me anymore...