Tramadol Saturday Facts

Tramadol Saturday

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has anybody any advise on what to expect,or whats to happen regarding me going cold turkey on tramadol? im going cold turkey from tramadol on saturday 22nd november.has anybody got any advise on what to expect and what to do to make it easier.been thinking twice about going cold turkey but ive used a months supply in two weeks so i dont think i will get anymore of my doctor to ween myself rather than go cold turkey,thanks!!

twoacetylgroups replied: "i say go cold turkey, i abused opiates for about 2 weeks but the negetives outweighed the positives (constipation being the biggest factor), but luckily i never get that with tramadol. i would reccomend going cold turkey to shock your nerves into being able to feel again."

Jerbson replied: "If you can try reducing dose slowly before going cold turkey to make it easier. Tramadol isn't as addictive as other opiates so you shouldn't have to much trouble."

Mike replied: "Tramadol isn't a real opiate and you shoulnt have any trouble"

I have been taking Tramadol for less then 2 weeks for a freacture in my foot, why do i feel like i am dying? I stopped taking it when i ran out on saturday and i now feel like i have the flu. I am having obvious withdrawl symptoms, but why so bad considering i took the medication for a short period of time? I can't even leave my house at the moment. I am lucky that i don't have a job that i need to be at since i am out of work at the moment. I seriously feel like i am dying. My anxiety is also a lot higher than usual.

the_only_solorose replied: "your anxiety is what's causing your issues...you are right, you were not taking the tramadol long enough to develop an addiction, or even a mild dependancy...this is all the doing of your own mind."

Kylee [boomerang] replied: "Call your doctor? I never had any problems with tramadol---then again I never had any relief either. :) I would contact your doctor or a pharmacist to see whats up and if its normal!! Good Luck--hope you feel better!"

Neuron replied: "Wow, well do a Google search for side effects from this drug or call a pharmacist and ask about withdrawal symptoms and how to alleviate them. That's a nasty withdrawal."

DynodiKk replied: "Because you are withdrawing off it. This supposed drug that a lot of people say is non-addicting and a non-narcotic. IT IS! Type in Ultram sucks on Google. The withdrawal can be worse than conventional opiate withdrawal. Most certainly longer! It has serotonin reuptake inhibiting properties that can make you feel like you want to kill yourself and all sorts of wierd stuff. Add this on top of the opiate withdrawal and what a cocktail from the bowels of hell. And the Withdrawal can last up to two weeks to 21 days with this stuff. It is bad news. There are a lot of people mis lead by this medication still 8 years after the fact. Good luck man. When I came off it I couldn't even lift a VCR remote. It felt like it weighed 100 pounds. I needed real opiates than to get rid of this stuff, there is no way in my stage of physical dependence I could have dealt with these Ultram withdrawals. The worse I felt in my life. And coming off 200mg's of Methadone that is saying one hell of a lot! Good luck again man, your in my prayers. You are in hell. And this is not in your head. Your brain is (pituitary gland) is not making endorphins correctly anymore, you became dependant on the drug just like a diabetic needs insulin. You need endorphins and your brain wants that drug blood level, Not to mention this stuff messing with your normal brain registries with Ultrams SSI properties. Your liver is burning the drug up; without it in your blood, your brain is mis-firing like an engine used to higher octane gas running on 87 and your feeling crappy. IT IS REAL! Ultram is notorious for bone pain. As if there is a inferno in your marrow. It is spooky. THrow them away and never take them again. Have this nurse get shot up with morphine 4 times a day for a week and stop and than have anyone tell her it is in her head! I hate ignorance like this and from a medical professional? Two weeks of constant use is enough to sink you. We cannot dicate when dependence begins with anyone."

Will I withdrawal on Tramadol? I have taken ALITTLE tramadol before. But this past Weekend (only friday saturday and sunday) I took 200mg every day just that Weekend (about 4 pills a day, 50mg each). Im stopping now, not taking any any more afraid if withdrawal symptoms. Will I be OK? Do people usually only withdrawal if they take ALOT more or do it for a longer period of time? Today's the first day I don't take any and i feel fine, so far...

SkepDoc 3.0 replied: "No Withdrawal only occurs when someone has been taking a drug for a prolonged period of time."

Mathieu replied: "It would probably take at least two weeks (typically more) before any withdrawal would occur. And 200 mg is half the maximum daily dose so that will work in your favour. And Tramadol is a relatively weak opioid with a smaller risk of any dependence compared to drugs like morphine. And withdrawal will occur very quickly and has a very short half life. So you should be in the clear."

Do I really need to call the hospital for a skin rash after taking medication? I'm taking amoxicillin and tramadol for a mouth infection, and woke this morning with a rash all over my face. Some websites say that I should call the doctor immediately if a skin rash appears, but it's Saturday and it seems a bit extreme to go to the emergency ward at hospital with a painless skin rash. Should I just wait until Monday and see what happens?

nrg4life200 replied: "Just discontinue the medication, take benedryl if necessary. As long as you are breathing normally it's not too much of an emergency. But, go see your M.D. on Monday for a new RX."

maritimegypsy replied: "if you have an after hours clinic I would go there... or call your doctor, I am sure they've got a pager or someone on call for them to answer questions... but don't leave it. you may be allergic so stop the meds for now until you find out what to do"

mylo101 replied: "yes you need to go and see a doctor asap...you don't know where else this could spread to and to be on the safe side get it checked out."

impurrfect10 replied: "Have you called your Dr.? Someone is always on call. He could tell you if they think you should go to the hospital based on your history. Are you having other symtoms? be sure to tell your Dr.anything else happening (shortness of breath etc.)"

Doc B replied: "Call your prescribing physician. Once you start to develop an allergic reaction to a particular med, there is a possibility that it can become worse and eventually lead to anaphylaxis, which is a life threatening reaction. You're doctor can choose different antibiotics for you to take for your infection."

gemni 6 replied: "It sounds like you are having a reaction to the medication. You should call the doctor or hospital you got them from and ask for something different. Some reactions can be real bad or fatal. I'm not trying to scare you, but, this is nothing to play around with."

smiley_774471 replied: "I would try to go to the doctor's office, just to be sure. It could be nothing, but there's always a small chance that it's way more than that."

how long does tramadol hcl 50 mg take to get out of your system? i am trying to get custody of my lil sisters kids and my other sister samantha lives in my home, the C.P.S. took a random drug test on my sister samantha and she just told me that she is gonna come out dirty with this drug called tramadol hcl 50 mg she took it on saturday night and she was drug tested today ( monday ) is she gonna come out dirty or is her system clean she does not use any kind of drugs at all, she was just having a hard time going to sleep. this might ruin my chances of getting my other sisters kids who are in foster care. please any one who knows about this please tell me something please she only took one pill.

daddyrx replied: "If it's tested for, it will be detectable in the urine for approx. 3 days."

KathyC replied: "just a day or two..until someone figures out how to shoot, snort, or smoke it.. its on a low schedule.."

Mathieu replied: "I seriously doubt they will check for it. Tramadol is not on a standard drug test, it is not even in more complicated tests. Realistically only the super premium and highly expensive tests would find that. And Tramadol does dissipate quickly. It is possible it could be detected but there will not be a lot left and if it is tested for it could be below the cut off dose. It is also not a controlled substance nor is it particularly addictive so just about any other drug type would be tested before Tramadol. And because it is not a controlled substance it is unlikely she will get into a lot of trouble (certainly not as much if she would test positive for a controlled substance). And if she was prescribed the Tramadol then there should be no problems. I am in a pain management programme for chronic pain and I can be randomly drug tested. The type of test I get is a massive test that costs over $600.00 because they test for at least two dozen individual substances including drugs not commonly used like Tramadol and Provigil. I doubt CPS will have that level of a drug test. Although I am sure you know this but your sister can't be using drugs, even if they are not detected. If it was from a pre ion then it does not matter but she would have to buy, steal, or be given it from a person who have a access to it. And using Tramadol (a pain killer) is inappropriate to help with sleep. Plus more often than not Tramadol has stimulating effects similar to a weak amphetamine. So I would talk with her and tell her that she can not used any drugs except for drugs prescribed for her and OTC drugs. It was really stupid of her to jeopardize your chance and the chance to get your other sisters kids. Don't let her choices hurt you. It is important you have a big conversation about this. What if she can't sleep another night and gets Valium and then she is tested? It won't look good."

What makes you anxious and very moody? Tramadol or Synap Forte? I have to alternate it on a weekly basis to avoid SSRI's syndrome(on Venlor XR as well). I started Friday and took 200mg once, because the 100mg did not do much. The 200mg worked very well, but the pain was back in 2 hours(Supposed to take 100mgx2 daily). I decided to try the Synap forte Saturday and today and I feel very anxious and very,very moody. I take 60 mg of dihydrocodeine morning and evening with the other meds. Have been taking this for 3 months already. What are you taking for your fibro and for breakthrough pain? I am starting to lose hope with this condition!

amicus curiae replied: "www.inhousepharmacy.com has a list of side effects from venlor/effexor. same drug i reckon. i have RA and found some antidepressants made neuralgia much worse. stay away from tramadol! and the long term use of venlor, well they did 12 week and 6mth tests...hardly a long trial. the venlor itself can cause anxiety and moodswings, read right to the end of the list...if you can do it, i suggest coping as you are, without the meds, as they are a bastard to ever get off of. codiene for pain. and good luck."

I sprained my ankle on Saturday, now I'm exhausted? I sprained my ankle on Saturday. Went into Urgent Care Sunday and got x-rays and medicine...Ibuprofen 800mg and Tramadol 50mg. Took both pills on a full stomach at 2pm and had a SEVERE reaction to the tramadol. Medics came and everything. They didn't take me in as they said it was a "common" side effect, but it sure didn't feel right. Anyway, got to bed around 8pm, woke up at 6am. Rested most of day. My question is...why am I so tired? I took a 2 hour nap today and I still feel like doing nothing but sleeping? Could the Tramadol still be in my system? Or is it just the healing process? It's a grade 3 sprain and I have a brace for 2 weeks. Can't walk on it yet. Thanks.

munciciman77 replied: "put the brace on it and ice it and elveated highrer then the heart take nonasprin for the pain ok liz"

KS replied: "Sounds to me like it's just the healing process. Your body is expending energy trying to heal. The best thing you can do is get as much rest as possible and stay off your ankle. Just take the ibuprofen for pain and swelling. Hope you are better soon."

i've been having sciatic pain since new years now i think it's ending how do you know? I've been on meds clexebrex, tramadol and gabapetin they seemed to work at first then saturday it got worse, i went to the er and waited, i had to walk the length of the hospital to another clinic and i was crying by the time i got there. On sunday I the pain was so bad i couldn't get out of bed everything hurt no relief in any position. This morning i have a feeling my foot feels like it weighs 500lbs and is so numb but the majority of the pain in my thigh and calf are gone! are there any signs of a sciatic episode ending?

HandyMan replied: "It may well be ending. Let's hope so. I had sciatica for the first time last year and it was very painful. It lasted 6 months and went away and never came back."

OSAS replied: "I am speaking from past experience. I had hurt my lower back really badly (trying to get my stubborn St. Bernard to stand up) At first it was just my lower back - Then my left gluteous started aching (very badly) it continued down my leg. eventually affecting my left ankle and foot. No ankle and foot pain, just weakness, it is called foot drop. At first I went to a chiropractor. But after a couple of weeks it wasn't getting better, so he sent me to my doctor to see if he wanted to order tests. I was on all of the same meds except tramadol. I was on something with codeine and it didn't even touch the pain. Also physical therapy. It was just getting worse. So I went back to the chiropractor, who started doing traction. With each visit, my pain became less and less, finally it was gone. Usually sciatic apin is caused from a ruptured or bulging disk pressing against the sciatic nerve. The only way to fix it is traction by a chiropractor. Surgery is sometimes an option, but most often not necessary. Traction allows the disc to slip back into place. When it slips back in, it slowly starts healing the tear that allowed it to slip out in the first place. But because it is not fully healed, it will start slipping out again. But each time you receive the traction it heals a little more until it is finally totally healed and holds it in place. Sounds like a pain in the butt, but I know from this experience that if I hadn't stuck with the chiropractor, I would still be ahving pain to this day. That was the most excruciating pain I have ever had. I definitly feel for you."

L.F. replied: "Inversion therapy is the best treatment for back pain and sciatica that I know of. In 04 I had to get back surgery for a herniated disc. Nearly 2 years after surgery I STILL had painful and crippling sciatica, weak legs and pain. A friend of mine turned me on to inversion therapy and I have been hanging upside down ever since. what I've learned through treating with inversion therapy is that although we feel pain in our backs, the pain really originates in the core, stomach or ab muscles. As I inverted I felt my abs start to loosen as the spasms were stretched away. As my abs relaxed they loosened their grip on my hip muscles, thighs and of course my back muscles. Once these muscles were also relaxed my lower back and pelvis were free to go back into alignment and as they did my sciatica disappeared. I have been virtually pain free for 3 years now because of inversion therapy and I want the world to know! Inversion therapy has literally saved my life. Do some research yourself and see if you think inversion therapy can help you as it did me. All my best and I hope so much that you feel better soon. This will help, try it!!!!!"

Question for dental professionals; Abscess under recently filled tooth.? Approximately five months ago, I had gone in to the dentist (one of my many trips in the past several years) to get two large cavities filled. They were quite large, but even still, the dentist said that she believed that she could get out all of the decay, and fill them properly. Even still, the one on the bottom (one of my left molars, first molar. 14 I believe) might cause me trouble later, she said. If I started having any pain in those teeth, I was to come back and see her immediately. Well, low and behold, in the past few days my lower molar started causing me pain. It wasn't too bad at first, when it started around Saturday/Sunday - I just figured that maybe I had put too much pressure on it or something, since it only felt sensitive at first. But by last night I was in excruciating pain, and nothing was helping - not ibuprofen, acetominophen, naproxen, tramadol, tylenol with codiene - nothing. So I ended up going in today to see her. She took me in as (to be cont)., ... as an emergency consult, and took an x-ray. Well, it seems as if an abscess (yet another one, in my looonnggg history of having dental abscesses) has developed from that tooth. She put me on AB's (Pen VK; two taken stat, then one taken every 6 hours until all forty are gone), as well as vicodin (2 to start with, to try to get the pain under control, then one every 4 - 6 hours), and she'll be removing the tooth entirely on Thursday. I didn't get a chance to ask her, but I wanted to know how exactly the abscess came to be in a filled tooth. Was it possible that she didn't get all of the decay? Or was it that the tooth died, or....? Was the filling not intact? It's rather ironic that just the other day, I had answered someones question on here about having teeth removed, and now here I am having to go through it all once more. Any opinions, or thoughts, on this would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and I do have a history of endocarditis. I never indicated that I believe that this was my dentists fault. I was merely inquiring as to *Why* things like this occur. As for "getting it taken care of before it gets that bad" sort of comments - if I weren't a student, paying my own way for everything, then such things wouldn't be a problem. As it is, having a non existent budget puts a damper on even necessary things, wouldn't you say?

Retired replied: "Never mind"

Kell replied: "I would ask your dentist these questions...if you're not happy with what she shares, there is always the option of a second opinon. Usually, and this is all depending on the tooth invovled, history, etc...a root canal is the option BEFORE extracting a tooth...but that's just been what I've seen in the offices I've worked in."

LaLa replied: "Your dentist tried to save the teeth. Five months ago, you may not have had an infection which led her to believe that the fillings MIGHT take. It is quite common that in large fillings, that they would require a root canal or extraction down the road. It is nothing that she did that caused this. It was just a very large cavity and the nerve was not able to heal itself so it started to die and get infected. There may not be enough tooth structure left to do a root canal, but you can see if it's an option to do one and build up the tooth to put on a crown. Yes, you would need a crown because your tooth would be more brittle with no nerve and blood supply to it after the root canal... especially in an area where you would be chewing all the time. Make sure that next time you get a cavity, go to the dentist BEFORE it starts to bug you. Then it can be fixed before it gets infected or causes pain."

justine replied: "It has nothing to do with your dentist's work, in fact it sounds like she did everything perfect. Your tooth is infected because the cavity had damaged the nerve of the tooth. Dentists will try to do the filling before it effects the nerve, but every tooth in every person reacts differently when decay gets to be that big. Next time, try to get to the dentist to work done before it get's this large."

What do you think caused my dog to vomit for a day? Early Sunday morning, my dog got up and started vomiting multiple times. She was not able to keep anything (water or boiled chicken and rice) down until later that evening. I am trying to figure out what may have been the cause of her vomiting. She went to the vet on Friday and he diagnosed her w/ a torn cruciate ligament and put her on an aspirin and tramadol twice a day to control the pain until she can have surgery. She got her first dose on Friday night and then she got the next doses Saturday morning and evening with her meals. She also got one of those "stuffed bones" (the hard beef bone on the outside and the flavored filling on the inside type of bones) on Saturday night. My first instinct was the medication but she did have some chunks of the bone in her vomit so I am also leaning toward the bone being the cause, or just a stomach flu. What do you think could be the cause? She is back to normal now FYI.

xallyxx16 replied: "Maybe she ate something that didn't agree with her tummy in the yard? The same thing happened to my Cattle Dog last year and the Vet diagnosed him with Gastritis, and that was just from him eating something in the yard. So maybe go through your yard and get rid of any weeds or plants that you think she might have eaten!"

maykat87 replied: "it sounds like the meds its something that there not use to and it will upset there stomach and the bonew probably dint digest right if she ate it fast on top of the asprin which will make there stomachs quizy"

natagurl replied: "its the bone, she needs to have a surgery n u give her that artificial bone why ?u wanna kill her?"

Jen replied: "Tramadol can cause an upset stomach. Adding the bone was probably what caused it. Especially if she's back to normal now. Just keep an eye on her, and if there's any other (off) things going on with your pet, call the dr. and let him/her know what's going on, there are other pain medications available. Just be careful what you give her while she's on Tramadol."