I am looking for some assistance - I have been taking tramadol for 29 years - use to be 8 x 50mg and then reduced to 4 x 50mg a day
I went to pick up my prescription from the chemist and the tablets were not there - the doctors then said I was due a renewal - not told previous - and this being a Friday night, they could not do this until the following Tuesday night - I asked for some to last over the 4 days and they refused.
I am seeking negligence on this but the UK Ombudsman said they had consulted a clinical advisor and for the 4 days I would not have suffered any withdrawal symptoms(i know I did have these)
I am hoping some advice if anyone has also had to go without and when the withdrawal symptoms would have started?
Tramadol withdrawal and the affects and time frames when withdrawal would start?
Question posted by Davezico1973 on 10 June 2022
Last updated on 23 June 2022
3 Answers
Missy1315
17 June 2022
I’m so sorry you were horribly treated this way. They clearly have no regard for the patient’s needs.
Personally I take 50mg of tramadol 4 times a day, and I can tell when I have withdrawal symptoms maybe 2 hours after I forget my dose. I get the sweats and feel shaky, and I often get a headache. Also I’m in a lot of pain (of course), since I take it for chronic pain. The pain kind of hits me like a brick all of a sudden. And it’s hard to catch up once you’re in bad pain, since tramadol takes a lot longer to kick in IME compared to other opiates.
You can try taking the supplement DL-phenylalanine, it really does help with withdrawal symptoms. Once in the morning on an empty stomach. Another medication I was given for withdrawals was Clonidine. I took ibuprofen for rebound pain and headache. Taking a hot Epsom Salt bath helps with easing muscle cramps. If you have any benzodiazepines, they can help with short-term insomnia if you’re in a lot of pain. Gabapentin is another medication that helped me with withdrawal pain. That’s about all I can think of.
Good luck and please don’t hesitate to go to the ER if the pain or the withdrawal symptoms become unbearable.
Davezico1973
23 June 2022
Thank you so much for your response - it is very helpful and it is sad that those given access to help us, fail so badly and then try to cover this up. I will have a look at DL-phenylalanine - Thank you so much :)
masso
11 June 2022
Click on the link:
https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/long-tramadol-withdrawal-3553886/
Drjayman
11 June 2022
The best advice I can give you is to fill the bath tub up with warm water and soak in it about every our or 2, besides that maybe go to the ER or depending on what your taking the tramadol for you might want to look into a drug called Suboxone, it's not for everyone but, I broke my back in 2016 and the doctors told me I was going to be addicted to pain killers most likely for the rest of my life because I was on them for 6 months. I eventually heard about Suboxone it is a narcotic and a pain killer but it's very different from most pain killers. 1st they were made to help get people off heroin and other opioids. 2nd they do help with pain, & 3rd which was the best for me is unlike every other drug I've ever heard of, I haven't had to up or change my dosage at all. I started on 1 tablet a day 5 years ago and that's still what I take.
My back still aches and it is basically trading one addiction for another but, in the U.S. they have released the laws for Suboxone because people aren't abusing it and it has blockers so you can't do heroin or other opioids while only them. Also they are a true 24 hour drug. I take 1 sublingually (under my tongue) every morning and that's it. The best thing which I did when I 1st started was the doctor actually prescribed me 2 tablets a day and after a week I noticed one was enough but I kept getting the 2 a day so now I will never have to worry about running out ever.
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