Re: Ultram AddictionKaren/Sally

From: Sally Grigg (lostcst@mcn.org)
Mon Mar 25 19:33:30 2002


Dear Karen, As with all addictive medications I would recommend a slow withdrawal as your body is used to it and needs time to adjust. You don't wnat a shcok, just to get off them, so don't beat yourself up and go cold turkey, just taper off to zero over a period of time. Love, Sally

>----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen" <mcclure_creativemem@hotmail.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 7:06 AM Subject: Re: Ultram Addiction

> At Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Jacqueline Cooper wrote:
>
> Jackie,
>
> I'm have the same exact problems you are having with ultram. Every
> single one of them. I just figured out yesterday what was going on with
> me. I am calling my doctor first thing this morning and going to tell
> him I'm addicted to ultram. Today will be my first day of not taking
> them and I expect it to be horrible but I know I will get through it. It
> is evil stuff and should not be on the market. I have chronic back pain
> and that is why it was prescribed to me in the first place. Then I had
> a back injection and the pack pain went away but then I started having
> body aches. I tried taking plain old Tylenol but it didn't work so I
> tried the Ultram and it worked. In reality the reason why I was having
> the body aches was because I stopped taking the Ultram and was having
> withdrawals. I didn't realize that. I've haven't felt like myself in
> so long that I had myself convinced that I had some sort of disease and
> that I was dying. I decided to look up my symptoms on the net and that
> is how I figured out that I am probably additicted to Ultram. I can't
> even believe this is happening to me. I feel you pain. Please feel
> free to email me anytime I could use some support right now. >
> >
> To whom this may concern,
> >
> >I have no idea how big this forum is but I would appreciate if someone
> >here would be willing to email me with some information. I have been
> >doing research on a medication called Ultram, or more specifically its
> >newer version Ultracet. I was in a car accident over the summer and
> >about three months ago I started on Ultram 2 times a day. I was just
> >upgraded to Ultracet a month ago and told to take it up to 4 times a
> >day. I have been only taking it for one month at 2-3 pills a
> >day..however two weeks ago I stopped sleeping and have been aching,
> >having chills, stomach aches, overeating, under eating, experiencing
> >extreme nervousness, and hot/cold flashes. I went in for a blood test
> >but I have a sinking feeling it is going to show up normal. Is it
> >possible that I could be addicted in so short a time at such a low
> >dosage? If so, how do I stop this evil stuff without dropping out of
> >all my classes (or maintaining some semblance of a life?!).
> >
> >Sincerely yours,
> >Jackie
> >University of California, SC
> >2/18/02
>


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