TRAMADOL AND PAROXETINE FOR DEPRESSION, IS OK?

Question

Hi, I'm starting to leave TRAMADOL addiction, I've been taken it since more than 5 years ago. I lower my intake to a half when I was taking a daily dose of 400 mg average but I think is too much to start. Two weeks ago I stupidly tried a bottle of DXM (the pure formula with no combinations) and I ended in the hospital with something close to a respiratory depression, tachycardia, high blood pressure and panic, I felt I was going to die. After that my general doctor send me for blood analysis and everything was ok but the blood pressure and she told me that was due to the remainings of the DXM. So she medicate me with CAPTOPRIL by nights and PAROXETINE by mornings, I will really appreciate your opinion about this meds interaction cause as far as I know PAROXETINE is a SSRI like TRAMADOL and I don't know if they can be taken together.

Thank you by advance!

This discussion is related to CT W/D from tramadol.

DamTram · Answer

Come join us over here if you want support...

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/617911/DamTrams-War-on-DXM

metacomet · Answer

Last night was bad, I lower my intake to the half and even like that I'm feeling the WD rush, I couldn't sleep, I had high blood pressure and panic, sweating.... ooh man! Is so bad...

Gracey42 · Answer

I am on day 6 of tramadol/ultram withdrawls and just today beginning to realize I wont die.   Yes my friend it is awful.  You can do it but it will not be easy.  Lowering your dose slowly over a period of time is the recommended idea but if you are an addict then it is impossible to do.  Cold turkey hurts like hell but at least its over more quickly than the tapering and truthfully I couldnt taper my dose because I am addicted to it.  There is another form of pain meds that isnt narcotic or synthetic narcotic call Neurontin?  I have heard of it but dont know anyone who has taken this. Maybe check into that.  As for withdrawls, xanax helps and so does clonodine.
xanax for anxiety and skin crawling and clonodine for blood pressure and jitters.  I can tell you that days 1-4 will be the absolute worst.  just focus on getting through each day.  I will talk to you anytime you need.  email or post me and i will be looking out for you.

KickTRAM_I_will_help · Answer

For the love of God, if you're on Tramadol, get off it.  The sooner the better.  The withdrawal is a ***** but what is the alternative?  I'm on day three.

avisg · Answer

Call your pharmacist there are no doctors here. So either call your doctor a recheck it with her or call your pharmacist however when you got your scripts filled it should have told you if there was going to be an interactions with the two drugs.