Tramadol

[Ariel Badger]

A friend with a back injury has just been prescribed Tramadol and after taking half the dose his Dr told him to take spent last night hallucinating his tits off. The pain has eased a little but he is still well spaced out and will not be able to function in the workplace in his present state. Will the trippy side effects wear off and will he get an addiction?
I know many of you have been on painkillers after bad offs, your advice on Tramadol and any other input wold be appreciated.
Thanks Wali
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[truslack]

Stay away. Tramadol is bad! I was pretty much loopy after a week on it. Not as addictive as codeine, but almost there.

I decided i'd rather have the pain than the fucked up head that tramadol gave me.
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[Dazbo666]

I vaguely remember being spaced out for the best part of a week, then decided to halve the dosage and tolerate some extra pain, cos i was useful to no-one on that stuff
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[stinkwheel]

It's a balance of degree of pain vs side effects.

It'll do nothing for his back other than stop it hurting, wont make it fixed quicker.

Generally with opiates, the more pain, the less side effects for a given dose. Maybe try taking less or consider using them only if the pain gets excessive or to assist with sleeping.

Again, as with many opiates, the more pain, the less likely to become a habit (although dependancy if they are the only thing that stops the pain is another matter entirely).
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[Lone-Wolf]

Wotcha.

I'm on Tramadol, and to be honest it doesn't seem to do anything. I can't feel any significant increase in pain if I don't take it. . . . . bloody typical . . . . what works for most folks doesn't work for me.
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They dont feel heavy to me, i actually feel alot lighter, i have more strength and such, having sex on them is bad though, makes you last far to long.
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[SlimRick]

I take 100mg Tramadol as and when needed. If I'm on it for a few days, the trippiness wears off and it does a pretty decent job as a pain killer.
The 100mg ones I have are slow release, so I don't get quite so fucked as I do if I take 2x50mg ones.

They are one of the best pain killers I've used, but initially they do make you feel proper stoned

[Ol]

since breaking my neck i've found i get all sorts of pains in my neck / back - Tremadol never really seemed to do anything for me (maybe i was on the small dose?) but i find Diclofenic (sp?) works a treat for killing pain with no side effects!
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[ulster exile]

I was given Tramadol (50g) at the weekend after getting some severe stomach pains and found that I only really had a reaction after I was double dosing every 4 hours on them and was taking co-codamol/Ibruprofen (doc said I could) at the same time. Just felt a bit woozy and unsteady on my feet, nothing more.

[Dragonfly]

I was addicted to tramadol 70mg for 3 years! 8 a day. Was for nerve pain but I never hallucinated on them ended up just taking them to stop the withdraws which where nasty. Bad times back then.
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[Moonie]

As said, tell him to be fucking careful, that stuff is addictive.
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[G]

Taking Tramadol meant I could take a mid-morning nap, something I can never do normally unless very tired. Didn't get any other serious side-effects, but tend to be fairly resistant to drugs (wasn't too impressed/affected by morphine to be honest, though the Ketamine was quite nice I got after ).
Anyway, I also got addicted without realising (had no idea until I cut down from one pill to none and couldn't sleep, shivers, itchy feeling etc) so another vote for caution.

[Marcg868]

Makes me feel horrid taking just 1 50mg tablet for Nerve pain.

I stick to CO Codamol which i take with senna to stop me getting constipated. It does make me extremely sleepy tho, with 30/500
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[Fisty]

I was on it for 2 weeks after the bone poked throgh my arm. Mixed wit with beer on my birthday (like a twat) and spent the night vomiting and tripping balls.

Nasty stuff.
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[Ariel Badger]

Thanks for the advice, karma will me doshed out.
After 50 hours without sleep and watching the space monkeys run around his house he had enough and stopped taking them, I hope he was back at his Dr today getting a new prescription.

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