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Showing Original Post only (View all)Just got my refill of Tramadol. Now it reads: WARNING! Opioid! [View all]
And to think I used to give them by the handful to my 50 lb. dog and it was no big deal.
Now it's like it's heroin or something.
I'm so sick of this opioid hysteria.
On edit: I see now that Tramadol is an opioid. Still, tired of the hysteria over it.
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That means it's not an opiate. Opioids include synthetics and semi-synthetics (nt)
Recursion
Aug 2018
#5
That it is synthetic by itself means little, but tramadol is BARELY a narcotic
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#77
When it first came out it was marketed as non-addictive. I told a doctor post-surgery
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#56
OK thanks, I was not aware of that distinction. All I every heard/read in the media was
Coventina
Aug 2018
#11
The "-oid" in opioid is a Greek suffix meaning resembling or bearing the properties of.
Aristus
Aug 2018
#23
Tramadol I believe is not technically an 'opioid', but does bind to opioid receptors in the brain
mr_lebowski
Aug 2018
#29
Fair enough ... I'm just saying ... chemically-speaking, it's more of a pseudo-opioid.
mr_lebowski
Aug 2018
#36
I am allergic to opiates (percocet, oxycontin, codeine, etc.) so when I broke my arm they
smirkymonkey
Aug 2018
#80
word; i just roll my eyes when someone breathlessly informs us that X is "addictive." really? what e
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2018
#72
Opioids bind to opioid receptors, which is what Tramadol does. Why so mad?
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2018
#7
If MMJ was legal where you are and it did not impact your employment would you use it?
Anon-C
Aug 2018
#47
I'm making up 'pseudo-opioid' but as I've said elsewhere, there's defined structures to an 'opioid'
mr_lebowski
Aug 2018
#39
your premise is wrong. newsflash: people have ALWAYS used, and sought to use mind/body altering
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2018
#71
education, and legally available, regulated drugs. the PROHIBITION is killing people. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2018
#75
Yes indeed. Stuff made me sick as a dog. The op is perhaps not acquainted with the rise in deaths
Tipperary
Aug 2018
#31
word. lot of people here are clueless, both about pain and pain meds. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2018
#69
yep; it can literally be the difference between having a life and not having a life. the busy-bodie
TheFrenchRazor
Aug 2018
#74
They probably stuck the wrong sticker on it. Did you have to hand carry a prescription
LiberalArkie
Aug 2018
#44
I'm sorry. I'm afraid you have been misinformed, and as a result, are misinforming others.
Aristus
Aug 2018
#68