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What are your experiences with tramadol ?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Aug 4 3:43am | Replies (150)Comment receiving replies
It was much more effective for me when pain Dr switched me to tramadol extended release. Such a big difference and have stayed on that dose for 5 years now with no increases and no addiction. To be honest with you my dr says you cannot get addicted to tramadol because it doesn't cause withdrawals when stopping it. You can actually emotionally be addicted to any med in reality. I took 6 aspirin a day before going on tramadol. Even that was tough to stop because I was so scared to be in pain but aspirin is terrible for either your liver or kidneys.
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Tramadol is one of the synthetic narcotics. You have a very low chance of getting "addicted", but that's a misnomer. You can get physically "dependent", so that if you reduce the dosage you may feel extreme fatigue which is relieved by taking a small dose.
Aspirin is not just bad for liver and kidneys, but it affects your platelets and the clotting cascade of thrombin. With long term use you will develop easy bruising because of capillary fragility and the inability of your blood to properly clot. Quite dangerous.
Your quote about "emotional" addiction is not quite right. You mean psychological dependency.
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I really try not to take Tramadol because l can’t take it if l take Xanax, So if there is a day my back and hip pain are bad l have to leave off the Xanax and hope for the best. I can’t take NSAIDS because of my chronic kidney disease. I think if my rheumatologist would talk me about the pain instead of saying that she will treat the inflammation and the pain clinic can treat the pain. Maybe l just have too many things going on. If the pain gets too l intend to take the Tramadol and let the chips fall where they may.