Tramadol Classification (Page 3)

Is Tramadol a controlled substance, or is there any type of narcotic in them? I would really appreciate any reply. I would like to know ASAP if possible. It has been subscribed to my 16 year old son and I would like to know about the drug as soon as I can. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much! Hope to hear from someone real soon. Thanks again!

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I don't believe it is considered either because I know with narcotics, you must personally pickup a handwritten prescription from your doctor and physically take it to the pharmacy (they won't just call-in refills) and with my tramadol prescription, the refills are called in by the doc to the pharmacist. I am on a minimal dose of one tab per day for 10 months and (50 mg I believe) for neuropathy pain and it is the only thing that worked for me to manage the pain. Side effects for me have been very minimal only a bit of tiredness. However, I am continually researching more natural remedies and cures as I would prefer not to take this drug (or any others for that matter) if I don't have to. It definitely has been a life saver for me though as my pain was intolerable previously.

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hi can someone please tell me if it is ok to start taking suboxone, 24 hours after stopping my regular dose of tramadol, i was told iwould be ok but im not so sure, please help.

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as for Tramadol it saps people who are on the drug`s energy and the listlessness makes them not even think about withdrawing from the drug.
Is there kind of home detox which may work on this patients?

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Tramadol - highly addictive, gives you a false sense of happiness and can make your life hell. I am currently in the middle of getting of tramadol as I can not go a day without it, after been suscribed for a bad back 2 years ago. at first it made me feel as though i had a new meaning of life, like i could achieve anything and made me feel so happy i felt as long as i had the tramadol i could get on with my day. I was then up to 11 a day from 6-8 a day because the effects starting wearing of and i needed to take more. i then became ill and realised with tests i had more enzymes on my liver than normal, not to serious but can be if i keep taking the tablets. i have also developed stomach ulcers from taking tramadol this gave me a wake up call and i realised i had to come of the tablets soon. the only problem was i couldn't, i experienced hallucinations, flu like symptoms were i would roll around in my bed and cry in pain, i felt worthless, i had no energy i couldn't even bear to get out of bed and wash myself, eat, or socialize, the list goes on. i am now on 4 tablets a day with help from a drug specialist and a counsellor. i go to the chemist once a week to pick up my 28 tablets and its really hard not to take more than 4 when they are there, several times i have took more and have been left short until my next script and have experienced the upper symptoms. my life is alot different prior to the tramadol, i dont work now i dont have much of a social life and the tension between me and my partner is unbearable because i am severly depressed because of this. i know tramadol will effect different people differently but i know tramadol is a highly addictive drug through my own experiences and others. please dont take this drug, if u decide to please dont take it long term it really is a dangerous drug and habit.

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I have used it for severe cramps and other pains ! No problem, but I saw these when looking up side effects and all I can say is WOW! Pain is terrible from cramps and this helps... So I will stick with it until it becomes a problem. I have ran out before and did just fine! I guess it is within the person. Thx

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Hi
I have been taking tramadol for headaches for the last 4 years. i take 500-800 grams a day. I have been told recently that tramadol could actually be keeping me locked intomy headaches and since taking them the original tension headache has become permanent. i am never without a headache - Do you think tramadol could be the cause of this? Also i have for the past 20 days been suffering from a pain that feels like a water infection. I have had my urine tested for this and there is in factno infection there. The Doc says it could be the tramadol affecting me and causing my irritation. Have you heard of this also? Thanks I'm pretty desperate and miserable now and would greatly appreciate any advice.

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In May 2009, the United States Food and Drug Administration issued a Warning Letter to Johnson & Johnson, alleging that a promotional website commissioned by the manufacturer had "overstated the efficacy" of the drug, and "minimized the serious risks". The company which produced it, the German pharmaceutical company Grünenthal GmbH, were alleged to be guilty of "minimizing" the habituating nature of the drug, although it showed little abuse liability in preliminary tests. The 2010 Physicians Desk Reference contains several warnings from the manufacturer, which were not present in prior years. The warnings include stronger language regarding the habituating potential of tramadol, the possibility of difficulty breathing while on the medication, a new list of more serious side effects, and a notice that tramadol is not to be used in place of opiate medications for addicts.

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Only schedule 2 prescriptions have to have a handwritten prescription, at least in Ohio.

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I have a question. Ive been prescribed Tramadol as can no longer take anything with codiene, but after reading about the effects it could have such as a lot of talks about seizures, it scares me. I also have to take warfarin and read that a few people here in australia have died after hemorraging. (sorry cant spell :) yet some people are fine on it.

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It's a call you'll have to make and weigh out. I've read some bad things about the drug on this site... which definitely can sound scary. I've been on a minimal dose of only 50 mg (1 tab) per day for over a year now for neuropathy pain. It keeps my pain in check for the most part, before Tramadol, I was nearly suicidal with nerve pain. My neurologist has told me I can take more than one a day (up to 2) but I won't do it. If I had to take any more than that it would make me nervous because of things I've read (here mainly). I've not noticed any issues myself. Just that when it comes time for that 24 hr dose if I don't have it... my pain is starting to get pretty bad, so I find myself sometimes desperate for it if I've gone over about 24 hours without it.

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I've taken tramadol for almost five years, after being prescribed sonny other meds, this one is not as strong, but it covers the pain just enough. I'm happy to be taking this now. I'm so much more clear headed then I was on any of the stronger narcotics, I can actually live my life more normally. And all these drugs are going to be inherently addictive to some extent., you have to control it., and recognize when your body is telling you it's too much. I've taken the same dose this whole time... On all the others I immediately became used to them.
All the others meaning: OxyContin, Vicodin, NorCo, codein. I'd take this rather then those anyday. I dont want a high. I want to be out of pain, so can pick up my kids, and be a good mother. It means the whole to be able to do these things.

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Ultram is EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE and the withdrawals are one of the worst things a person can ever experience. I know these things from personal experience. Just google "ultram withdrawal" and you will see THOUSANDS of people, just like me, who developed a 10-20 pill a day habit and went through the worst withdrawal imaginable....seizures, hallucination, cold sweats, hot flashes, ZERO energy, vomiting, etc.

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Yes...it is a controlled IV substance in about 10 states.

Wiki has an accurate accounting of the states where tramadol is a controlled drug,

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Actually tramadol is NOT a controlled substance. Perhaps it is in some states, but in most, it is non-controlled. That is why you can order it on the Internet.

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HI I AM A R.N. AND I USE TRAMADOL FOR MY BACK AND SOME STATES ARE MAKING IT HARD TO GET OVERNIGHT FROM THE INTERNET. THERE IS A LIST OF STATES THAT U CANNOT GET TRAMADOL FROM INTERNET PHARMACY. I WOULD SUGGEST GOING TO A DOCTOR AND PAYING FOR A DOCTOR VISIT OUT OF POCKET IF U HAVE INSURANCE AND THEN GETTING AN RX AT WALGREENS OR SOMETHING ------------IN THE LONG RUN IT IS MUCH CHEAPER.---------THATS WHAT I DID---------I GOT TIRED OF PAYING $129 EVERY MONTH.--------I TAKE SIX PILLS A DAY FOR A HERNIATED DISC. C 5-6 IN MY NECK THAT CAUSES BAD NECK, SHOULDER, BACK PAIN AND I HAVE MILD SCOLIOSIS OF MY SPINE.-------WALGREENS OR CVS OR RITE AID-----ONLY COST ABOUT$ 64 FOR 180 PILLS THATS HALF THE PRICE.-------of the internet .CALIFORNIA-------THE PILLS ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE AT THE PHARMACY-------I JUST MOVEd TO PITTSBURGH PA-------EVERYTHING HERE IS ABOUT 1/3 - 1/2 THE PRICE OF CALIF.

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There is no truth the statement that tramadol is more addictive than vicodin and Valium. In fact, it is LESS addictive than those two medications by far in low doses. The fact that it IS addictive is now more general knowledge. And it's not the doctors that need to catch up- its the drug company that made the drug. They did not do adequate studies. However, in higher doses, and taking even prescribed dosages every day for a long period of time often does cause physical dependence to some degree but NOT with everyone. And Valium and Vicodin taken the same way will pretty much always cause physical dependence. So that assumption is incorrect.

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@ orthodoctor: that's incorrect. Tramadol is NOT a federally classified controlled substance. It's non narcotic and is only classified as controlled in a few states. In the vast majority, it is not controlled.

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@ sue bee: yes, you pay half the price for a prescribed medication you pick up at Walgreens than you do an online bottle, but you have to pay a copy or even the full consultation fee if you don't have insurance to see a doctor, which makes it cost more to way more to get it through a doctor's visit. If it was cheaper to get through a doctor consult, everyone would just do that.

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@ Bronco Sissie: 100mg a day has not been shown to ever cause any serious side effects. In studies, the people who had seizures either had seizure disorders to begin with, or took more than 400mg per day (and usually a lot more). The other minor side effects shouldn't even be pronounced if you only take two a day. I'm surprised 50 mg even works for your nerve pain. Most people with nerve pain wouldn't respond so well to such a small dose of a mild non narcotic.

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@ SJL, Comment #44 - My GOD! What you describe is wickedly horrible and I feel for you and can relate, tho not with tramadol. I had been taking Oxycodone and Methadone for pain since 2011. I was seeing a pain specialist but he was so far away I dreaded driving there. And the fact I had about six weeks between appointments instead of the usual 30 days, I'd have to make an extra trip just to pick up two prescriptions. To add insult to injury, they charged $15 freakin' bucks for the 'privilege' of going to their office to pick them up. It cost me more in gas and tolls (Virginia Dulles toll road) to get there! All of this is unacceptable.

OK, getting back to your situation, the reason I can relate is because I stopped taking the Methadone after my last fill ran out on the 10th of June. I had already run out of Oxy but the Methadone kept withdrawal from that at bay. 24-30 hours after taking the last 50mg. Methadone I got so sick I was like you. My God, there were times I wanted to die. I remember going 10 days like this, before going to hospital my pain and withdrawal were so bad. You have no idea how many times I went to the ER in June, and on July 6 and 7 the hospital not local to me but not too far where my orthopedists are located on the grounds of the hospital. I had one ER doc (female, hate these BTW from personal experience) did nothing AT ALL..

I did receive Percocet on a few occasions in the ER and dilaudid injections for pain, nausea and IV fluids for dehydration. I have a very high tolerance. And one of my orthopedists gave me Vicodin on the 3rd of July. I ended up back IN hospital on the 6th because my tolerance was so high the Vicodin could not even give me a second of relief and the ER dock that day told me prior to discharge (a very compassionate doc, and quite nice on the eyes) that "I know you're not going to want to hear this, but as well as your pain issues you are going through withdrawal" as the Vicodin did not stop it.

I have what is called adhesive capsulitis, a fancy name for frozen shoulder. I cannot move my left arm above my waist without it screaming in pain. Attempting to raise it over my head is unbearable. I'll be having a manual manipulation procedure (under anesthesia thank God) soon, and will schedule today when I see my orthopedist.

I also have two recently diagnosed herniated discs in my cervical spine (which I'm going to have to have surgery for), disc degenerative disease, stenosis of my lower lumbar spine after undergoing four surgeries in 2002-2004. The last one was a fusion and a total reconstruction of my lower back from L4-S1. I also have erosive gastritis which is pain in my gut that is so painful I feel as if I am being stabbed. I fired my former gastrointerologists due to lack of respect and not providing me with any pain meds, and was referred to another by my trusted neurologist during a consultation last week.

Anyone who has been through withdrawal from narcotics taken over a long period of time knows how horrific it is. I had called my orthopedist a couple of days ago for a refill on the Vicodin. Now the orthopedist I saw on the 3rd is not the one I had been initially referred to. He was out of the office. I received a call from that Dr's. assistant that no one there was too keen on refilling a Vicodin prescription. So I asked her what are my choices? She asked me if I'd ever heard of Tramadol and I said I had. The doc has absolutely no problem giving me this and it was called in. I received it Tuesday, I think, and OMG the withdrawal symptoms subsided so dramatically I have been able to function at a higher level than without. I have taken 150 mgs. a few times a day and can at least go OUT to say the grocery store or library. Without it I would be so sick I would be incapable of driving myself anywhere, including my orthopedic appointment today. I'm going to ask him for an extended release version and perhaps a short acting for breakthrough pain. I have lived with such severe pain I once thought of suicide, but mostly during withdrawal as it is so agonizing and incapacitating. I could barely walk up a flight of stairs, eat, I'd sweat, get dry heaves so violent my gastritis pain got worse, etc., etc., you certainly know what it's like. So, as mentioned above that is my plan for today. Just take Tramadol. There is more to my story (which was also a nightmare and why I am in the condition I am currently in, but will come back later to tell that part. I need to get ready for my appointment. I HAVE to continue taking this medication. I am still feeling some withdrawal at the moment but this is because it's been four hours since my last dose @ 5:00 AM. One last thing, I asked my pharmacist (I get ALL my scripts at the same place) if there was anything I needed to know about the Tramadol. He said it was mostly an anti-inflammatory, and upon me asking if it was "addicting" he told me no. Is it not a controlled substance, Class IV, I believe? Yeah it is. Till later peeps and I pray 'SLJ' that you are doing better. I realize most of these posts are from 2012, but I hope you still check in or receive emails notifying you of comments posted here.

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