since Tramadol is addictive for some people does this also mean that this med can be abused and cause a high? was just driving this morning and this question came to mind. I've never used the stuff so i don't know the effects on euphoria (but i do know alot about how it works)
Does tramadol cause a high if abused?
Question posted by Psychmajor on 14 Jan 2010
Last updated on 22 October 2021
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Interesting. I have worked in a pharmacy, researched the crap out of drugs, taken some... uh anyway yeah as said before havnt been prescribed tramadol and dont want to... besides i fractured my hand and have vicodin... if i wanted to abuse something there ya go. i was seriously curious since only SOME states have this as a control but it is also addicitve
I wasn't trying to offend you with my response. I just found it a strange question, and I do know that some people ask things like that with the intent of finding ways to gain a cheap high. Sorry if you were offended by my comments.
i understand,i felt offended of her comment against mine. I was answering a question asked,i thought that was what this place was for ya know? besides it isnt a place to judge ppl or ASSUME things,anyway,i didnt assume a thing about your question at all,and like i stated back,i would never tell someone how to abuse a drug. just saying,i felt kind of offended too,i was just trying to help and then felt stupid afterwards,anyway it was a good question!
I know I just posted this on your first response teal but I believe your were taken the wrong way and I feel the need to say it again. I agree with you teal. I don't think you were headed in that direction at all. You were answering the question ask. You were able to be helpful by telling your experience what you had seen people around you do. I take time release Ms Contin for my pain and tramadol for breakthrough pain. I have been on pain medication for a long time and have built up a tolerance. The tramadol does not help with my breakthrough pain at all. My prescription calls for 100mg 3x day as needed for breakthrough pain and sometimes I believe 2 goody powders does just as good. I have taken 4 (200mg) and I couldn't tell any difference at all. This discussion was not started to help anyone get high. If a person wants to get high they will find out a way and I really don't think those getting high would want to even consider joining our group for discussions.
Let's just please read what our friends are telling us from their own experiences or through what they have seen others do and don't ridicule or try and turn something someone has said by twisting their words around. Thanks...
Tramadol can be abused and does have the potential to be addictive, At one time it was thought to be safe to use for addicts in pain, however that has changed I know of no Docs working with addiction that use this drug anymore.
Also the people I have known coming off tramadol have said the wd are worse and last longer than wding from more powerful opiates, stated they were much sicker.
Tramadol can be abused and does have the potential to be addictive, At one time it was thought to be safe to use for addicts in pain, however that has changed I know of no Docs working with addiction that use this drug anymore.
Also the people I have known coming off tramadol have said the wd are worse and last longer than wding from more powerful opiates, stated they were much sicker.
Teal, if you don't wish to be offended then please refrain for posting wildly inaccurate info about drugs. If you don't know, don't post.
I respect an honest man
I do not know if it has this effect on people or not, not familiar with the drug.You could consult your physician or a pharmacist and pose the question to them... Mongainchrist
That's a great answer! Wow... brilliant! Who would have ever thought of asking a health care professional or Pharmacist that question! Great job, I hope anybody out there will take your advice! Again... brilliant!
Tramadol has abuse potential. If taken at high doses it will act on both receptors in the brain (Kappa and mu receptors) which will cause Euphoria. Most addicts that abuse Tramadol take about 15 pills at once. As you probably already know high doses of Tramadol equates to Seizure activity. One of my friends that's in med school was addicted to Tramadol. She said that at regular doses it did very little for her but at higher doses she found out it would work on both receptors in the brain like I mentioned above therefore creating a Euphoric feeling. I personally believe that Tramadol with become a controlled substance in the near future because of it's abuse potential. Tramadol is a great drug though. It helps many people. If taken as directed it will most likely not become addictive. Some people do become addicted but this number is low. Hope this helps Psychmajor. Good question. Hope to hear from you soon!
Tramadol has already become a controlled substance in Kentucky and one other state, just can't recall off the top of my head. On some military bases/posts you have to sign for the drug, just as you do stronger narcotics. You can bet it will start spreading nationwide before too long. I believe that as well.
It has helped me for 10 yrs, and I've never taken over the 400mg a day limit. Now thanks to those people who will stick anything in their bodies for a high, at very high doses, I will be deprived of that too. I have stopped it easily 2 times in those 10 yrs, and done just fine. I never had a high or any other side effects from it.
wow I thought I knew a lot about pharmacology! I think the mu receptor is the one that narcotics bond at strongly and tramadol weakly..though tramadol also affects the reuptake of serontonin and norepi... What is a kappa receptor?
Sincerely.
Jerry
I took tramadol,but never got a high,of course i was also on percocets,and they give you a euphoria,not for long though,i dont experience that anymore,but i dont take more than prescribed,however about getting a high,yes,i know this as fact because i know three ppl close to me who abuse them to get a high,but im talking,they will take a handful,no joke,at once,around ten at a time. it's a very low dose pain reliever,that's what the doctors told me,and why they said it was ok to add it with my prec's because my percs. are no longer working for me,the pain is coming back,but i didnt feel any difference at all in pain takeing the tramadol with them,so i just threw them out and stopped taking them,but yes,if you abuse them,you get a high,i guess if you abuse any drug you could get a high.
no, you can't get a high from just any drug. But tramadol is not just a "low dose" pain reliever, it is a synthetic opioid. I also take percocet and tramadol, and yes, tramadol IS for the days when my pain is at a lower level and doesn't require percocet to relieve it, but tramadol is also a potentially abused drug. And we shouldn't be helping people who are asking these kinds of questions, because clearly some people do look for easier ways to get high, and all I am saying is if you have a LEGITIMATE prescription and you read the patient information leaflet that comes with the medication, it tells you all you need to know about the dangers of tramadol and the risks. Of which their are MANY.
sorry,i wasnt trying to tell someone how to get a high off drugs,as im very anti drug,and only take meds that are prescribed for me and i take them as im told,as for recreational drugs,very anti drug. i was just answering the question asked,wasnt out to help someone abuse drugs,that's something i would never do.
I agree with you teal. I don't think you were headed in that direction at all. You were answering the question ask. You were able to be helpful by telling your experience what you had seen people around you do. I take time release Ms Contin for my pain and tramadol for breakthrough pain. I have been on pain medication for a long time and have built up a tolerance. The tramadol does not help with my breakthrough pain at all. My prescription calls for 100mg 3x day as needed for breakthrough pain and sometimes I believe 2 goody powders does just as good. I have taken 4 (200mg) and I couldn't tell any difference at all. This discussion was not started to help anyone get high. If a person wants to get high they will find out a way and I really don't think those getting high would want to even consider joining our group for discussions.
Let's just please read what our friends are telling us from their own experiences or through what they have seen others do and don't ridicule or try and turn something someone has said by twisting their words around. Thanks...
who died and made u the pill police?
I've been taking Tramadol for a couple years. Doc and Rx said "non-narcotic/non-addicting". Initially I found it the only "non-narcotic" that ever worked for me. Nothing like real Opioids I was taking for years before this. But it does produce a mild euphoria. Now I see they have backed away from the non-narcotic claim. As for addiction, I stopped taking them once and I did get "withdrawal" sick. Then I stopped another time when I went to jail, and nothing happened. Go figure,hah?
Hey. I made this account so I could say just one thing to slot of u people. Everyoe has there own way of getting by and just forgetting things. One thing that makes me sick ( yes me a pharmacit) is when people get on others people sh" about gettin high. Oh Bo abusing pain killers grtting high. What r we owing to do boo woo our kids our happy because they find a way to deal with the sadnes in life the only part of pain killers that get u high is the opiate. And gees what it comes from a natural plant. If u have a problem with weed and opium. Then please sit down pray an complain to the maker of it GOD
Of course it is possible to get High on tramadol if The quantity taken is sufficient. I have done this myself but strongly strongly do not recommend it. One common side effect that à tramadol high can cause with no warning is Epilepsy. I had no history of epilepsy but had à Sudden seizure drivning Home from Work. Thankfully no one was hurt. I had 4 more seizures due to tramadol and decided it wasn't worth The risk. Since i stopped taking tramadol 18 months ago no seizures and of course can drive again. À better substitute is codiene. Never had problems with it. Even at very Hugh dosages ide 2000mg/day. Best yet is dont take anything. Place all.
Tramadol only effects 50% of the population. It effected an ex of mine very differently than me. Honestly I just used it to keep out of withdrawal, but had to take at least 6 at a time lesser as the Percocet was wearing off. I got nothing outta of it, my ex had a seizure from it.
What's wrong with you Edwards99... asking "who died and made you pill police"... what an idiot. Why are you even on this page?
Don't you just love these righteous people who have to add their 2 cents in order to put somebody else down. REALLY??? OMG, I didn't read Teal's comment and get one inkling that she was advocating taking drugs. Teal, in my opinion, for what it's worth, I wouldn't have even bothered wasting my time leaving her a response. We all, MOST of us anyway, appreciated your response and didn't for one second think you were a drug pusher. Too much...
And btw @ TE Teal... Don't be sorry. It was obvious that you weren't trying to tell someone how to get high and in fact, you have very good information about why you shouldn't take enough to try and get high. You were clearly understood. I also have been told by many doctors that it's more of a "low dose" sort of pain medication and from all of the medications I've had to try or take, that actually *does* stand to be true. It doesn't help me at all anymore. And I get what you were saying about getting high if you abuse any drug. You obviously didn't mean drugs like penicillin lol. Atleast I think you just meant things like pain medication. That's all. Maybe you didn't need me to validate your comment, but I just wanted to let you know that I understood everything you mentioned and that I definitely ity did NOT think it sounded like you were trying to tell someone how to get high.
I you read any patient insert from a pharmacy when you are prescribed this stuff, it says right there may be habit-forming, so anyone who has a legitimate prescription needs to read ALL of the information that comes in the bag with their medication. As well, it also has ALL the possible side effects listed for tramadol in the information.
Wow! I am shocked! I have been on Tramadol for at least 3 years for Osteoarthritis and I take a high dose, 300 mg. I usually take my medication at night, because of all the other stuff I take, then I can sleep it off and not worry about trying to function.
Thanks for posting, I'm glad that I checked into it.
Jen
Im on Tramadol & have been for the last 18 months, also with codeine. A lot of these drugs leave very bad sideffects.
As like methadone, all that does is transfere you from an illegal drug to a legal one. The side effect on meths is that it takes all the calcium outa the bones so they break a whole lot easer.
The next Q I hear everyone ask is does methadone ever go out of the body system? No.
i THINK tRAMADOL IS A JOKE IT CAUSES ME CHEST PAINS YET DOES NOT HELP RELIEVE ANY OF MY OTHER PAIN LIKE I STATED IT CAUSES ME PAIN INSTEAD IN MY CHEST AND STOMACHE SO I REFUSE TO TAKE IT!!!
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