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What are your experiences with tramadol ?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: 8 hours ago | Replies (80)Comment receiving replies
Always hopeful,I’ve been taking Lyrica for fibromyalgia for years. Recently, I decided to get off of it as an experiment.
After a few days, I went back on it. It was helping.
As for Tramadol, I have resorted to taking my dog’s Tramadol on many occasions. Especially before my hip replacement. The hip replacement took care of 90% of my pain.
I was seeing a pain doctor - still am - and she was very upset about the Tramadol.
I told her that if she would just give me my own Tramadol then I wouldn’t take my dogs. She would not. Everytime I see this doctor, she makes me pee in a cup. Sheesh.
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Ummm pee in a cup? Unless you're on Suboxone, or at an outpatient for substance abuse issues, I'm not sure a DR. taking urine tests is appropriate. Unless there is a tramadol protocol I am unaware of/ But Tramadol is a partial opiate agonist, however it does not give you the "high" feeling that your full opiates (oxycocone, oxycontin, morphine, etc..) gives you.
The only thing I can think of is that because you're taking Lyrica, you cannot mix with tramadol, so she's checking for that? But again, I do not think that Tramadol would even show up on a drug screen unless she's testing specifically for that.
What type of Dr. is this?
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Do you have the abillity to change doctors ? The peeing in a cup is demeaning and bullying. Her message is that she can get your pee tested for tramadol use.