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Ultracet?
whats ultracet? i know its a pain reliever with tylenol, but does it give you the energy and motivation of vike or percs? I ask because I had to change doctors, and while he wasnt too happy to write for the vicodins i have been on for years, he had no problem with ultracet and he gave me a script.....so im basically asking, do people get addicted to this drug? should i not even start it?
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Are you looking for energy and motivation? This drug is highly addictive and can have very serious consequences when coming off them.......sara
I took Ultram years ago for chronic pain. I didn't care for it. I was on it for quite a while. I think I took 2 or 3 a day and I don't remember the dosage. But it did make me feel "high" or something. It wasn't a good feeling at all. When I stopped taking it, I didn't have any wds but from what I've read, a lot of people do.
Ultracet is fundamentally Tramadol or Ultram.
The short answer is yes, it's addictive, no you won't get the same "buzz" you did from vicodin. It also happens to make me personally nauseous (I'm a norco addict).
From a scientific standpoint, the reason it's less buzzy is that it's far more selective about the neuroreceptors it hits. Its active ingredient is a stripped-down synthetic piperidine-analog of codeine. This means its agonistic effect is almost exclusively mediated by the substance's action at the μ-opioid receptor. This means it hits ONLY the opioid receptors, and not "them and everything else nearby".
Since opioids generally act upon one or more of the human opiate receptors (the euphoria, addictive nature and respiratory depression are mainly caused by the Mu(μ) 1 and 2 receptors), you won't feel has happy or buzzy on it. The nearby euphoria switches aren't (at least in theory) triggered.
It IS however an opiate. It DOES hit the μ-opioid receptor. This means you CAN build a physical dependence on it, it's just much harder to work up a psychological one.
The short answer is yes, it's addictive, no you won't get the same "buzz" you did from vicodin. It also happens to make me personally nauseous (I'm a norco addict).
From a scientific standpoint, the reason it's less buzzy is that it's far more selective about the neuroreceptors it hits. Its active ingredient is a stripped-down synthetic piperidine-analog of codeine. This means its agonistic effect is almost exclusively mediated by the substance's action at the μ-opioid receptor. This means it hits ONLY the opioid receptors, and not "them and everything else nearby".
Since opioids generally act upon one or more of the human opiate receptors (the euphoria, addictive nature and respiratory depression are mainly caused by the Mu(μ) 1 and 2 receptors), you won't feel has happy or buzzy on it. The nearby euphoria switches aren't (at least in theory) triggered.
It IS however an opiate. It DOES hit the μ-opioid receptor. This means you CAN build a physical dependence on it, it's just much harder to work up a psychological one.
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