Is Tramadol bad or not for easing opiate withdrawlals?

[trdofbeingtrd]

The first time I stopped taking Loratab, I had WD, I also had pain. Someone had given me a half bottle of tramadol and said "you can take this for pain, it won't get you high though". I was in a lot of pain so I took 2 50mg. The pain went away, but so did the WD's from the Loratab.I took 2 of the50 mg twice a day. Four days later, I didn't have the pain anymore (it was from a nearly broken jaw), and I didn't have WD's either. I didn't take anymore of the Tramadol, I never felt high off of it, but I hear it's a terrible med to use to stop opiate WD's. What is the truth about Tramadol?

[ImDONENoMore]

Yeah, tramadol is the sneakiest of all opiates.  They wrap it up as "non-addictive" "non-narcotic" "non-habit forming".  All lies.  It was by far the WORST withdrawal I ever went through.  It's the anti-depressant they snuck in there that made the withdrawal a very unique and horrible experience.  And I never knew there was one in there as no Dr. ever told me that.

Good to hear you didn't take them all - and dominosarah's right - flush whatever ya got left.  They're poison and the further away they are from you, the better you'll be.

Good luck to you!

[dominosarah]

Tramadol is addicting, dangerous and evil.  Flush the remaining ones if you have them.

[Dav125]

Use it long enough and it will give you a set of wd's that make's regular opiate wd look and feel like a walk in the park..

Thats my understanding of Tramadol....