tramadol

Tramadol, however, is an opioid, which is a term that encompasses both opiates and synthetic opiate-like drugs -- of which Tramadol falls in the latter.

As someone who takes Tramadol for pain, it does have an odd effect when I'm tired: I find I become less tired, as if the Tramadol is making me ignore my fatigue.

Wouldn't Tramadol be classified as a psychotropic just by virtue of it inhibiting your central nervous system?

Is this is the same Tramadol that is incredibly addictive and kills people if they taper off too quickly?

If you think repeatedly taking extremely high doses of Tramadol is somehow safer than small doses of hydrocodone, then you're unbelievably ignorant.

So Tramadol was given to cattle in such large amounts that it made it into the soil and enough got soaked up by trees that it was thought that Tramadol came from those trees.

If you leave hydrogen alone for long enough, it will turn into tramadol.

I have seen paracetamol/tramadol combinations to get a synergistic effect (not sure that it works though).

I had an abscessed wisdom tooth and was prescribed Tramadol for pain management while I waited for an appointment to get teeth extracted.

First of all, I didn't say that Tramadol was not a psychotropic.

I certainly wouldn't regard tramadol as innocuous, besides abuse and dependence, it can also have serious interactions with other medications, particularly serotonin overload which can be deadly.

Since hydrocodone, oxycodone, codeine, dihydrocodeine, and tramadol are all combined with acetaminophen, I'd guess the intersection of the two sets is significant.

Even worse, the "M1" metabolite of tramadol is itself an active drug in similar ways, and metabolized by the same P450 liver enzyme.

My first thought would not have been, "Wow this tree's producing tramadol." It would be, "Wow this tree's contaminated, I wonder how?"

Tramadol seems to be relatively cheap to produce, and has all sorts of uses beyond just pain medication.

As a side note, hydrocodone is one of the least potent mu-opioid antagonists, but it is more potent than Tramadol.

The problem is that in order to get any psychotropic effects from Tramadol, the dose is so high that a lot of other really nasty effects will come with it.