Will tramadol show up in a urine drug test and will it show up as an opiate?

Here is the definition of opiod--- An opioid is a chemical that works by binding to opioid receptors, which are found principally in the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. The receptors in these organ systems mediate both the beneficial effects and the side effects of opioids. I think we are getting hung up on terminology. So in that respect it would be an "opioid" because it does bind to the "mu" opioid receptors.

Here is more info that you will ever want to know about this drug. Now let me say this, I have tried it before and I would compare it to Darvon, I didn't like that drug much either! In this persons case it appears to be working so all is well. My real reason for responding to this post to begin with was to warn him that because of the way it works if you come off the drug it has the same withdrawal effects as methadone. . This is sure to make your head hurt:

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Tramadol is a synthetic analog of the phenanthrene alkaloid codeine and, as such, is an opioid and also a prodrug (codeine is metabolized to morphine, tramadol is converted to M-1 aka O-desmethyltramadol). Opioids are chemical compounds which act upon one or more of the human opiate receptors. The euphoria, addictive nature and respiratory depression are mainly caused by the Mu(μ) 1 and 2 receptor. The opioid agonistic effect of tramadol and its major metabolite(s) are almost exclusively mediated by the substance's action at the μ-opioid receptor. This characteristic distinguishes tramadol from many other substances (including morphine) of the opioid drug class, which generally do not possess tramadol's degree of subtype selectivity.

One last comment and I will shut up LOL As someone said here this drug is not a scheduled drug. Any narcotic that I know of is a scheduled drug of one sort or another. I believe the reason for that is what is said above . It doesn't work on the receptors that cause euphoria so there is no need to schedule it. I have no problem with that and if they could make a pain reliever that works for those of us that need 24/7/365 relief that stayed the heck away from those receptors that produce euphoria , most of us here would be tickled pink. Unfortunatly for most of us there is nothing on the market yet.
The fact of the matter is that slightly under 10% of the people that take narcotics for pain control become pyscologically addicted. Typically they are the same kind of people that tend to get addicted to other things as well,like cigaretts, alcohol... hopefully at some point we will be able to identfiy those people before they get started on narcotics and resolve a lot of the issues surrounding taking narcotics for chronic pain.

Sorry for the novel

Steve.