DrugBuyers.Com: Myths & Facts about Tramadol (Ultram)

Tramadol is a drug that is more commonly known by one of its brand names: "Ultram"

Myths & Facts about Tramadol (Ultram):
By Tone

Myth: Tramadol is not an opioid / narcotic (narcotic is a strange misnomer word for opioid that caught on)

Fact: Tramadol is an opioid and its metabolite has 200 times more affinity for mu opioid receptors than the parent compound. people who metabolize it well via CYP2D6 pathway may experience more opioid-like effect from it.

Myth: You cant get withdrawl from stopping tramadol, or the withdrawl is barely anything compared to hydrocodone

Fact: Tramadol withdrawl is an agony hell of misery that can include extreme depression, dysphoria, terrible restlnessness and insomnia, sweating, nausea, anxiety, panic, and inability to do anything but lie around and suffer in torture.

not all people have severe withdrawl to tramadol, but then again not all people get strong effects from it either and people also vary in how bad they withdrawl from hydro.

Myth: Tramadol cant be all that great of an opioid, otherwise it would be controled

Fact: There are people who actually prefer tramadol over hydro or oxycodone, me being one of them. status of a drug does not affect that drug's properties and the DEA doesnt always schedule everything that works, not yet at least, who knows, maybe tramadol abuse will be observed more and it will become scheduled. i hope not.

i believe for some people hydrocodone works much better, but for most hydrocodone works a little better.

Myth: Tramadol works because it has serotonin and noradrenline properties like an anti depressant, the opioid effect is so tiny its not really significant.

Fact: yes, tramadol does inhibit serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake, but did you know that its metabolite was found to be 6 times better at analgesia in animal studies than the parent compound? What a coincidence, the metabolite is also the one thats 200 times more of a Mu Agonist.

Myth: Tramadol may cause seizures, but i have read that other opioids in high doses have caused seizures, so that must be why.

Fact: Tramadol is more convulsive than regular opioids and its reasonable to say its due to the other non-opioid mechanisms. when people are given an opioid antagonist like naloxone during a tramadol induced convulsive episode, the episode actually gets worse, therefore its not the opioid mechanism, which actually helps.

Myth: Tramadol is good for quiting other opioids

Fact: well duh, its another opioid, but then you have to quit the tramadol. since its easier to get this may be an option if you cant get the other opioid anymore, that way you could switch to tramadol then take your time tapering.

Myth: i should by Ultram brand tramadol, it will work better, because the name on the bottle is Ultram

Fact: Tramadol HCl is Tramadol HCl no matter what the brand is. i have used 4 brands of tramadol from both US and over seas and i cant tell the difference.

Myth: if i grind or chew up my pills, they will kick in faster and it will be better

Fact: what are you talking about? this is only true if its a time released pill with a coating or something. you can do that if you want, i mean, it might make it kick in 30 or 45 seconds faster.

Myth: things that potentiate hydrocodone will work on tramadol

Fact: what!? remember, tramadol needs to be metabolized well like codeine does, so if any of the potentiators you are talking about are CYP2D6 Inhbitors, i would just forget about them.

Myth: to get best results, you must get ultram brand pills, crush them into a very very fine powder practically a gas, place them in Dr Pepper, take it on an empty stomach, take allergy pills and have a positive attitude

Fact: i shouldnt even need to answer this one.