I’ve been on a million medications for a million things, I get some fairly bad side effects sometimes but it’s almost always physical, and I’ve never had side effects from a painkiller before this, and I don’t know how unusual this is, but on tramadol I had the wildest mood swings of my life. I was on holiday when taking it, and I don’t know if I took too much or another medication fucked with it, but one minute I was doing what my mate called a “frog dance” in the pool in complete bliss laughing my head off, then I was angrier than I’ve ever been, then I was incredibly depressed in a very short space of time where literally nothing happened to cause any of it. I’d never experienced anything like it, it was horrible and I never want to take it again.
Something like this?
Tramadol is known in helthcare as a “dirty drug” - it has such a wide-ranging and non-specific mechanism, that it hits a fuck-ton of receptors at once, so interacts with loads of other meds and causes load of side effects
It is really very much frowned upon by any doctor with much sense, a such
I always wondered how could be people get addicted to painkillers, couldn’t see how it could happen,etc.Then I had an injury to my back and was prescribed Tramadol, then the epiphany occurred….holy fucking shit I was tripping balls for an hour after the first dose, then spent the next few hours counting down to the next dose.I was lucky that my back healed up pretty quickly so I wasn’t too reliant on them.I did have Tramadol on repeat prescription for a while till they were reclassified in the UK and removed from the list.Now the strongest you can get is some co-codamol which are ok but give you constipation lol.
I really hate these articles and extreme reactions. I have debilitating chronic pain from a rare nerve problem and the only thing that helps are opiates. Yes it’s dangerous, but a lot of these people are taking much more than prescribed, that’s where it becomes serious. They are abusing it. And sure it’s easy to abuse. But so many medications, like antidepressants have serious withdrawal effects, as serious as painkillers.
The WADA announcement also had this about Tramadol:
Tramadol has been on WADA’s Monitoring Program and data gathered through that program have indicated significant use in sports.
Tramadol abuse, with its risk of physical dependence, opiate use disorder and overdoses, is of concern worldwide and has led to it being a controlled drug in many countries.
Research studies funded by WADA, as referenced in the Explanatory Note, have also confirmed the potential for tramadol to enhance sports performance.
WADA usually only gives a few months lead-time before a drug is banned, but I’m glad they gave 1-year+ bc they know how addictive Tramadol can be for some users.
FYI, this is how WADA decides what to ban; For a substance or method to be added to the List, it must be determined that it meets at least two of the following three criteria:
--> It has the potential to enhance or enhances sport performance
--> It represents an actual or potential health risk to the athletes
--> It violates the spirit of sport
Had/have nerve issues due to bulging discs. Dr put me on gabapentin and tramadol. Said tramadol was classified as a narcotic but wasn’t like opiates. All I can say is gabapentin and tramadol did nothing for the pain and other issues.
Tramadol is a weird one. It is an opioid, but it’s also an SNRI (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor). It’s actually not really safe to be taking with something like a TCA because of that (risk of Seratonin syndrome).
They’re still prescribed together quite often, despite that.
Opiates enhancing ability???
It just made me sleepy and happy, maybe boosting my desire to sleep and do fuck all???
Enhancing ability, as in making players play through injuries by masking the pain.
If you have a legitimate need for pain-relief can you legally play on painkillers?
