Ultram Lawsuit

[SusanFLA]

I was wondering if anyone had any information on the lawsuit against the makers of Ultram? I have had a few problems associated with this horrible drug and I know theres a lawsuit somwhere out there against the company.  I was wondering the status of that.   I am a 5 days out of detox from this thing and I am angry it can be so freely prescribed to people in recovery from "informed" physicians.

Susan

[lbccall]

Hi,

Just wanted to say that I was up to 3 tramadol (Ultram) a day and went cold turkey last Friday. So today is day 7. I gave my remaining prescription to some friends to take out of the house.

Then I just kept as busy and I could, walked my dogs, took hot baths, went to church, and work, and it was a horibble week. But the worst is over.

I'd much rather deal with the osteoarthritis pain than the feeling of knowing that you're addicted to a drug.

And I never want to go through this kind of withdrawal again.

My church has NA meetings which I'm going to go to, I think.

Hope everyone can find what works for them, but in my experience, there is no good solution to chronic pain. You just have to persevere somehow.

Lauren

[dave212121648]

Certainly frivolous lawsuits just clog up the system for all of us. Ultram is a good med when used properly but remember that Mcneill introduced this drug officially as non-habit forming and stood by that premise until court ordered to relabel. I agree also that nsaids like ibuprofen are very effective but consider that many people cannot use nsaids due to allergy and previous gastro type surgeries. This drug is complex, causes seizures even below recommended dosages and has pronounced withdrawal symptoms, consider also that the DEA has yet to class this drug. Very complicated drug, too easily prescribed and more to come.

[Nightngale11]

This drug has to become illegal. I took vicodin, oxycodone, morphine you name it for PAIN.  I took tramadol for pain. Only tramadol has these types of withdrawal.  I never had withdrawal from vicodin and I took six pills for six months.  I can barely stop taking four trams a day! I am so disappointed with myself that something can beat my integrity.  I feel like Bradley Cooper in the movie limitless.....wonder if that's where the producer got his idea from.  I feel awesome on this med but one 16 hour period without it is torture.  Pain I can handle it's the hot flashes and fatigue I can't.  I have 8 days to get odd them.... Jesus help me.

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[cindi]

Thanks for the input and advice....will you keep posting here?  We would love to hear more from you...this is a great place to share alot of different things...Love to all                 cin

[Thomas 2]

Hi,

I have battled depression since the age of 12 and I am now 35. Last year I tried Ultram for a headache and unexpectedly felt my depression at the time lift and disappear completely for the rest of the day. A year later and many more Ultram tabs later I firmly believe in it's anti-depressant properties ( research show's that it also works to inhibit the reuptake of noradrenaline and serotonin as well as stimulating the opiate receptors) .I am also aware of it's addictive potential being a doctor myself and underwent a trial withdrawal  3 months ago reducing the dose from 6 a day to 4  a day for 2 weeks then  2 a day for 2 weeks then 1 a day for 2 weeks before stopping altogether. This slow withdrawal is needed because this drug similar to many other drug types leading to a withdrawal syndrome if stopped in a cold-turkey fashion. SLOW withdrawal is the key if you really want to stop.

Cheers Tom