Stay away from the tramadol, it is very dangerous and addictive. There has to be something else that will work. You could try talking to his Dr. and express your concerns but either way it will probably spell trouble as fiancee' will probably feel like you are meddling. Good luck and God bless.
Tramdol is highly addictive and hell to come off of ... It was my drug of choice If he abuses it and takes more then prescribed he can have sezuires if he mixes it with antidepressants he can have other serious problems as well .You should see if you can get him on the forum maybe that would help him.
Thanks, I guess he's going to see his local dr. this week and explain the situation, I know he'll make it so that he gets the Tramadol which quite frankly if it works for him and he's not in pain and not a jerk then fine! Right now, he's taking Percocet but not the Flexeril or Naproxen nor Tramadol (until he gets more). He knows nothing about Doctor Shopping, it was my idea for him to see a doctor somewhere to get help for his severe pain - he has degenerative arthritis in his neck with compressed and bulging disks so I thought I was helping by taking him to my local doctor (I didn't realize he wouldn't mention the Tramadol and I think his anger, etc. is from coming off of it - I didn't know it was hard to get off of - and it's been awhile since I was in pharmaceuticals so this could be a new opiate I'm not aware of plus I'm not really an pain pill proponent - I had a bad car accident 10 years ago and I do physical therapy, advil, tylenol, a heating pad or ice pack when warranted or epsom salt baths...no pain meds for me! So I'm Clueless Here!
Tramadol is more addicting than many of the opiates! At least the withdrawals are worse. It is recommended on the Tramadol site to not take if there is an opiate addiction tendency. He needs to find non-narcotic ways to deal with the pain. Another thing is that as he gets away from the opiates for a while. He will not have the same degree of pain.
This isn't good, he could get labeled as a doctor shopper and then get tagged with all doctors and pharmacies. I hope there is some way he can get relief for his pain without continuing down the road he is on. Good luck to you both.
Susan