Tramadol

[lucyred68]

Does anyone in here know anything about tramadol?  it was prescribed for me today along with flexeril for my back pain.  i don't know anyuthing about them as norco was my DOC for many years and also methadone, both for the pain i am now treating with this new stuff.  would like to know what the stuff is.

Lucyred

[GoingToMakeIt]

That is interesting, avis.
Lucy you don't want it. I use flexeril for my back with good results. For me the tight muscles is so much of the cause of pain. Ice also helps me. I hate Ice but it is my friend. Heat tends to make more pressure on the nerves.

[avisg]

I found this


    If you read the Tramadol                
> abstract below you will see that the
> painkiller part of tramadol has a half life
> of 5.1 hours and the half life of the
> antidepressant activity is 9 hours. Five and
> nine equal FOURTEEN HOURS! The half life of
> methadone is 15 hours.

[avisg]

Lucy,
Its highly addictive and hard to come off of ...For me it was stronger then narco ........It tends to effect people differently if  had take tram for a while then tried to take a narco the narco did nothing .......I would stay far far away

[lucyred68]

supposed to be short term, but if it is anything like methadone, i don't want it.

[toxictome]

I don't have any personal experience with Trams..but I have heard(on the forum) it is nasty and horrible to get off of.

Also..you can't go ct..you need to taper off this drug.

Is this a short term deal...or are you going tto be on it a long time?

Good luck and keep posting!!

[worried878]

A synthetic opiate that is habit forming....not as strong as norco but difficult to WD from