tramadol for withdrawals

[lazylazyjoe]

I disagree, but it depends on your habit. It's not going to help w/ heavy tolerance. I was taking about 2 -4 mg of suboxone a day when I ran out during the summer. I took about 150 mg of tramadol a day for a week and felt next to no w/d. I went about my life as normal. Actually, I wish I had some now as I'm kicking suboxone this week. I'm thinking of asking my doctor for a script of it when I go get some blood work done Monday.
Sidenote: I did extract the tramadol from the pills w/ alcohol and inject so that might have helped it's effectiveness.

 

[Menstrualfuck]

I disagree, but it depends on your habit. It's not going to help w/ heavy tolerance. I was taking about 2 -4 mg of suboxone a day when I ran out during the summer. I took about 150 mg of tramadol a day for a week and felt next to no w/d. I went about my life as normal. Actually, I wish I had some now as I'm kicking suboxone this week. I'm thinking of asking my doctor for a script of it when I go get some blood work done Monday.
Sidenote: I did extract the tramadol from the pills w/ alcohol and inject so that might have helped it's effectiveness.

I'm finally out of the hardships of post acute withdrawal, but I saw a psychiatrist and they gave me some prozac which helped a lot once the initial side effects went away. Apparently post acute opiate withdrawal isn't tied to just endorphins and the opiate receptors, but with buprenorphine is also tied to down regulation of the serotonin receptors as well. After I got through the initial week of mild nausea from prozac I felt almost euphoric, and even better than I did on bupe. I'm not going to stay on this shit long though, as it can cause down regulation as well, but thankfully it's not nearly as pronounced because of the month half life it has. Hope you don't fare off as bad as I did during the acute phase; I was in fetal position not sleeping or eating for four days straight, and then a terrible time sleeping and eating after that. I never EVER want to experience that again.

 

[JustaChippa]

how well does the tramadol really work on the withdrawls? I've been told by a friend that it helps but i never really believed it.

It helped me a great deal back in my addicted phase, (hydrocodone in my case.) I usually would try and have some on hand for days when I would run short on my DOC, or I'd obtain some in a pinch, and it was amazing stuff for me. No euphoric high, but it worked quite well in alleviating the sickness and in allowing me to carry on and function normally at work and at home. I guess it's different for everybody.

 

[Clinthumpdz]

tramadol was a life saver for me when i was coming off of a 5-6 year morphine and methadone addiction. though it took my symptoms from severe to manageable it never took them competely away. so be prepared fr some pain. I took 50-100mgs every 4-7 hours as needed luckily i stocked up on a few bottles when they first came out from my doctor when they were'nt considered a controlled substance yet.

 

[edgewise1]

They are excellent for WD's. Back in the late 90's I had an addiction to hydrocodone and had gotten to the point of taking 20 Norco's, 10mg', a day. Finally got on tram and liked it more than the hydro's. Plus it is much easier and less expensive to obtain!

 

[captainballs]

i also had a fairly severe addiction to hc, and it was way too expensive. Now i take 600-700 mg of tramadol per day and it really made the withdrawals disappear. Been doing this for more than 8 months now and it's saved me tons of money and risk, as I don't have to wonder whether I'm going to get popped or not for every score of hc. I don't get that nice doped up feeling but it's better than nothing. Gives me lots of energy and I believe it has anti-depressant properties as well that have a great synergy with the mild opioid effects.