Hello, I really need someones help, I have
been taken ultram for about 6 years now,
im suppose to take 8-12 pills a day, but I
only take 4 two in the morning, and two at
bed time. I really want to get off this
medicine, so im wondering if I taper it,
how should it be done, and for how long?
Please help... Also if I decide to quit
cold turkey, how long will the symptoms
last???? Thank you so much... Dee delano44@pe
nis.Net :(
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franygum
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 4 Location: TX.
Posted: 01-02-06 10:59am
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:
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franygum
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 4 Location: TX.
Posted: 01-02-06 11:01am
Btw. Even though ultram is a synthetic
opiate. You can still take suboxone.
Very common. No worries.
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Chinpipe
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Omaha Ne,
Reply Posted: 01-02-06 23:40pm
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........
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 01-02-06 23:42pm
Sounds good to me!!! I would still
suggest talkin to a Dr.
Good luck
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beenthere2
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Ca
What I Did Posted: 05-07-06 22:49pm
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.
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.
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