I was addicted to ultram for almost a year. You cannot go cold turkey! Find a suboxone clinic. It is a partial opiate medication you can get to help. You can also just tell your family Dr. You need to wean off ultram . I told my Dr. And she gave me 45 pills and a weaning plan.I choose to take suboxone. I took up to 15 pills a day, the 50mgs :cry:

Btw. Even though ultram is a synthetic opiate. You can still take suboxone. Very common. No worries.

Thanks, I take 2 pills at bed time and 2 im the morning, imgonna try and snap a pill in half and take 1 1/2 at bed time and 1 and 1/2 in the morning, for about a month, then go down to one pill at bed time, and 1 in the morning for about a month in a half, that should do it??? I have tons of utram, because I don't take it like im directed to, so I have more than enough to help wean me off........

Sounds good to me!!! I would still suggest talkin to a Dr.

Good luck

I hope this helps......Just a few weeks ago I was down to taking two pills a day, one in the morning first thing and one in the afternoon. For a couple of weeks now, I have only been taking one, waiting as long as I can before I take it. I waited until 10:00 am for several days, then 11:00am, now I am at 3:30pm. Tomorrow I will try to make it until 4:30pm, just taking one a day. If I find something else to do when I have the cravings.....Anything that makes me move around.....Not sitting.....Seems to work best for me. If I keep pushing the time up and up before I take it, hopefully I will be off the stuff for good. I find I have fewer withdrawal symptoms this way. This is slow weaning, but effective.

I hope this helps....I keep it written down in my journal so I can control and keep track of it.

Beenthere2

I TOOK ULTRAM CORRECTLY IN THE BEGINNING, BUT FOUND OUT TOO LATE THAT IT IS EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE. THE WITHDRAWAL FROM ULTRAM IS AWFUL. I EXPERIENCED SWEATS, COUGH, INCREASE MUCUS, YAWNING, DIARRHEA, SEVERE STOMACH CRAMPS, AWFUL HEADACHES. THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST DRUGS TO GET OFF OF. I HAD TO GO THE A REHAB TO GET OFF. THEY USED SUBOXONE WHICH HAS BEEN A LIFE SAVER. SUBOXONE IS A PARTIAL NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST WHICH BINDS TO THE OPIATE RECEPTORS. SINCE ULTRAM TAKES THE SAME OPIATE TYPE RECEPTORS, YOU CAN BE DETOXED WITH SUBOXONE. THAT WAS THE SICKEST I HAD EVER BEEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE. THE DOCTORS WHO PRESCRIBE ULTAM ARE UNAWARE OF ITS POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SEVERE ADDICTION. I HAD BUILT UP A PHYSICAL DEPENDENCY TAKING MORE THAN 12-15 TABS PER DAY. THE SAFE LIMIT IS 400 MG DAILY.

Please help!!!
ive been addicted to ultram for 2.5 years. im up to 12 daily. i need to get off them. no one knows that im taking them and i want to stop. please give me a suggestion on how to wean down. i have already been to my doc and he told me to slow down then stp. what the hell does that mean? any advice would help.
thanks
wannachange01

DO NOT QUIT COLD TURKEY!!!my surgeon told me that you can have a heart attack from doing that...you should always taper off of pain meds...also, i ran out of meds for a day cause i was short on money to get my script and i thought i was dying...the body aches were horrible!!! good luck i know how you feel!