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Low-dose Naltrexone for lower back pain
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Nov 8 4:32pm | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
Bill - sorry for what you';re going through.
Naltrexone is used to treat opiate abuse. As far as I know, it has no pain-relief purpose. Tramadol is an opiate, and if you take naltrexone, the tramadol won't work.
Check with your Dr. I do wish you the best.
Replies to "Bill - sorry for what you';re going through. Naltrexone is used to treat opiate abuse. As..."
It actually is useful for pain in low doses. It is called low dose naltrexone or LDN. Check out this website for more information: https://ldnresearchtrust.org/
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Actually @heyjoe415. Doctors prescribe low dose Naltroxone for chronic back pain. I was put on 4.5mg of low dose Naltrxone but unfortunatly it had some strong side effects and didn't help with my back pain. I then went on 1mg and it had no effect positive or negative for me. However many people who suffer with chronic pain are using the Low dose Naltrexone and have positive results. It has to be compounded at a specialty pharmacy since you can't purchase a dose lower than 50mg from your routine pharmacy. If you do take this medication it will cancel out any opioid you take. Hope this helps.