What is in tramadol?

Wow! Cold turkey! Tramadol can cause seizures when abruptly stopped and taken for a while (something like four months and on). It's an interesting case displaying how ineffective the warnings and trials that the meds currently go through really are as of now. Standard trials for new meds are a HUGE pain, requiring extensive testing on many many people. If only one person comes down with the flu during this testing period, even though the flu is totally unrelated, it by law has to be noted in the warnings that it may cause flu like symptoms. So, within an elaborate totally ineffective system of medication trials, everything and anything has to be reported. The thing is however, 50% may have had blurry vision and fatigue, but side effect is noted as equal to the other "possible problems".

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After Tramadol went through its 6 week trial, it found that no one had any troubles stopping the med, thus it must be non-addicting. This is old news to most now that it is in fact addicting, but it is only addicting when taken for an extended period of time, not just 6 weeks but more like two months for some, for others a year! Any new med that has come onto the market is really doing the "final test" on the public. With so much money spent on useless tests, you'd think that it would be addressed and a better system could be developed, but then there's red tape, and change is hard...

If you ever become addicted and or dependent (I used addicting above, but really mean either or) it is extremely important to slowly taper the drug if at all possible. It takes a long time to get into the situation, and it also takes a long time to get out of the bodies reliance on the chemicals that it no longer has to produce and any other changes that may have occurred that need to be undone. Stopping slowly in the long run can be done much quicker if done slowly due to the likely hood of numerous failed attempts.

If the psychological portion is just to much of a tease during a taper, then a quicker withdrawal can be done with a supplement such as Kratom, a leaf from a tree that grows in southeast asia contains opioid properties, equal in strength roughly to that of hydrocodone, basically quite a bit stronger than a normal maximum dosage of Tramadol (but you can always take less of the leaf). It is addictive as well, but much much easier to discontinue vs. any other opioid type drug. Turns out that there are numerous detox centers who utilize this leaf during opioid detox, and has been proven to be helpful in stopping methadone, one of the most difficult to discontinue. If this plant is ordered, don't bother with the extracts as there's no clear cut way of knowing how strong they are, and more often than not are simply a rip off. The natural leaf made into a tea or taken in a pill is by most almost always the best rout from what I understand and have read.

If there is an absolute need for cold turkey, such as the supply has gone away, then Kratom in addition to Saint Johns Wort tea / capsule would be most likely the best thing that could be done. The Saint Johns Wort (SJW for short) is a natural SSRI, and would have the ability to help with the Seratonin portion of the withdrawal, thus making it all much easier on the body. SJW is also a SSRI that is not habit forming (so they say, I think that this may very well be not true, but nonetheless, it is fairly easy to stop, and really shouldn't cause any issues with relatively short term usage) so yet again another item that could prove helpful.

I do have to say however that I am not a doctor, and I do not know it these supplements would prevent the possibility of seizures. It is also not recommended regardless of the SJW, but at times it can be an unavoidable situation.

Regarding the purchase of this herb and leaf, I've only seen Kratom sold online and never have seen it in any natural / herbal type of store. SJW on the other hand is sold in most grocery stores, in any health food store, and many other locations.

You may want to note that Kratom is not a toy like thing, and realistically should be illegal going on the logic of abuse potential as well as addiction. In most of southeast asia it is in fact illegal, classified just like how we would classify LSD and Heroin (but is practically nonenforceable as the tree is native to that area and simply grows like a weed. The leaves also naturally fall off continuously while creating new leaves. Now, obviously the war on drugs is a war that has been lost, or at least one that cannot be won. Really the entire issue of drugs being illegal is yet another issue on to it's own, one that I support.

All the saved money could be put into rehab centers as well as ensure that addicts who suffer from the horrifying disease (not weakness!!! ) of addiction get medical grade drugs with guaranteed quality in addition to measured amounts, making the hot dose a term from the past. All that in addition to shutting down a large sector of the black market, clean needles with disposal issues addressed, and the legality of it all would make much of the drug culture loose its mystique that draws many first timers. All in all, it would save many lives. Anyways, thought that I'd post this for anyone else who is having troubles with the Tramadol! I know that I discussed numerous issues as well, but my primary concern really was in regards to the withdrawal from Tramadol and I hope that the additional meanders where at least interesting!

Jeff K