I was wondering, was, what class is tramadol in. its not a narcotic, but is related to morphine i think? it somehow acts like a narcotic in releiving pain and apparently is addicive if used over a long period of time. Can anyone tell me more about how it is related to narcotics? I'm just trying to be as informed as possible about what I'm taking. I've tried NSAIDS and antidepressants with no help for the pain and other symptoms , so far the tramadol is helping somewhat.
I have fibromyalgia,have been on lyrica for acouple of yrs, and tramadol for a coupl of months.What?
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- 22 Jan 2010 by roo65
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- lyrica, fibromyalgia, morphine, tramadol
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mpvt22 Jan 2010
Tramadol works in such a way as it was able to be classified as a non-opiate pain killer. It has the pain killing strength of Tylenol#3 and can cause seizures if you take to many. It is as addictive as morphine like drugs and you will suffer withdrawals if you suddenly stop. Most pain killing drugs when being compared are pretty much always compared to morphine mainly because everyone know or has heard of morphine. It is nothing like morphine so don't worry about that.
If I were you I would try and get off the Tramadol as most of these type of pain killers have been proven to be useless for fibro. The lyrica you are on is a wonderful drug for this affliction and has gotten many people out of bed fi
for the first time in years. Do be aware that Lyrica does have narcotic like effects and if you ever get off it you would need to ween like any other narcotic... Good luck... Dave
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thanks dave, i did not know this about the lyrica, the tramadol does however seem to be helping for now.. the lyrica alone did'nt seem to help enough with the pain..so i hate to stop taking tramadol, the dr already had me try NSAIDS and antidepressants which did'nt help for very long... i don't know what the dr will have me try if the tramadol stops working...
If the Tramadol starts to no longer work for you, your next step could be Vicodin. Vics are much less addicting than percocet and can really help with pain if taken as prescribed. Never take more than your Dr. has prescribed. If the day comes when you no longer need medications then you can worry about withdrawal at that time. For now, I would be more concerned with just treating your pain so you can function and have some kind of quality life. Tramadol is great but its very weak and can not help much with severe pain. Mild to moderate maybe but not severe. If you use Vicodin you will have no need for any other pain killer. So, less is more , right. Less is better for you. I would talk to my Dr about stopping both lyrica and tramadol and just use the Vicodin. Good Luck