Can a person use a Butrans 10mcg/hour while taking tramadol?
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- 12 Dec 2016 by CAMicucci
- Updated
- 15 January 2017
- Topics
- anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, pain, back pain, tramadol, chronic pain, butrans
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It would depend if your doctor is about to cease prescribing Tramadol. The overlap period should not be more than two weeks before using the transdermal Buprenorphine exclusively.
The issue is that one is a full opiate agonist; Tramadol (binds to all the right opiate receptors in your brain) while Butrans (Buprenorphine) is a combination opiate agonist (stimulates the receptors) and antagonist (blocks opiate receptors). If this combination is not properly managed you will end up with precipitated withdrawal symptoms.
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Probably not! I read the package insert ( for once) and it said not to take if you are on alprazolam for anxiety well I am on alprazolam Dr. Said it was fine as along as I took Butrans 2 hours apart from the alprazolam. Wrong I almost died I flat lined.my response is never take anything if you believe it doesn't sound right. Hope this helped