Posted by Kristi on February 11, 2002, at 2:30:46
In reply to Re: DO NOT EVEN THINK about taking Tramadol, posted by cisco on February 11, 2002, at 2:22:59
> Dear Kristi:
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> Alright. I'll try it again, since I'm just not getting through.
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> I took Effexor for 9 months. I did not renew my prescription, as I did not care to pay my P-Doc the $75.00 'Tip Money' for a Med-Check. Stopping Effexor is no problem for me. Yet there are quite a few people who say stopping Effexor Cold Turkey is not a good thing.
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> So, just because you have had a good experience with Tramadol, does not invalidate the fact that MANY people experience SEVERE withdrawal symptoms when discontinuing this drug.
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> And that is on top of the fact that this is a drug with marginal effectiveness as a painkiller. Prescribing it as an anti-depressant, instead of Buprenorphine, borders on the absurd.
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> That was the topic of the original thread, by the way.
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> Buprenorphine has real long-term potential. Thousands of people suffering from intractable depression, Chronic Pain, and Opioid Dependency, could benefit from use of this remarkable Drug.
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> Tramadol, on the other hand, offers low level pain relief, coupled with a high liability for addiction, severe withdrawals, and abstinence syndrome. In addition, Tramadol lowers the seizure threshold for a statistically significant percentage of the population.
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> That is a lot of risk for a medication that rivals Ibuprofen, or propoxyphene, for pain relief!
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> If you have no interest in researching Tramadol, that's fine. But I would ask you think twice before you recommend it as safe, relatively benign drug. That is one thing it is not.
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> That's all I will write on this subject.
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> Later. Much Later.
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> Cisco
I must admit..... your response here has made me kind of laugh... and I needed that. Thanks. Where did I ever say it was a safe benign drug? I just didn't believe you should have said it compares to heroin. Relax dude.... there is really no need to take it so personally.
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