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ksos · 06-17-2008, 11:23 AM

Hi Melanie...

It seems to me that your topic is quite suitable for this forum, as you are dealing with Pain and Recovery issues.

One tenet of this entire site is that we cannot offer medical advice to anyone, which is probably why suki44883 made the suggestion to contact your MD.

However, you are certainly free to discuss your concerns regarding the fear of relapse while taking pain medication. Many of us are on pain medicines and are addicts in Recovery.

By the way, and this is just something I did read this morning, Tramadol or Ultram, is a medicine that is considered an opiod by some medical personal. This medicine, in my experience, has had an addictive quality to it and has also had withdrawal symptoms upon abrupt cessation. While it is not Heroin or Percocet, it actually, according to the literature, enters the bloodstream and metabolizes into some sort of morphine derivitive.

I am not saying your doctor is incompetent, but if you read the precautions about Tramadol, you will see that it is not advisable for this medication to be prescribed to substance abusers or those with a history.

Yet, pain is very real to the person experiencing it, and I am someone who does take a hefty dose of a narcotic medication for chronic pancreatitis pain, but I made this decision only because I have a Recovery based program in my life, am administered this medication by a pain management clinic and am on a contract which requires random toxicology to be taken, a policy that the clinic is the only place where I can be prescribed pain medication, and if I come up "dirty" three times, I will be discharged from the service.

My own belief is different from other people who may post here, and we all try to respect each other's viewpoints. For me, I cannot move without pain control and my quality of life would be severely compromised. Others choose to not take medication and opt for non-medicinal ways to manage their own severe pain. I believe that this method is very helpful as well.

So, welcome to SR, and I hope you find this to be a helpful place for support and true caring.

Always the best,

Ksos

06-17-2008, 11:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
ksos Waiting For Engines Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: brooklyn, new york Posts: 545	Hi Melanie... It seems to me that your topic is quite suitable for this forum, as you are dealing with Pain and Recovery issues. One tenet of this entire site is that we cannot offer medical advice to anyone, which is probably why suki44883 made the suggestion to contact your MD. However, you are certainly free to discuss your concerns regarding the fear of relapse while taking pain medication. Many of us are on pain medicines and are addicts in Recovery. By the way, and this is just something I did read this morning, Tramadol or Ultram, is a medicine that is considered an opiod by some medical personal. This medicine, in my experience, has had an addictive quality to it and has also had withdrawal symptoms upon abrupt cessation. While it is not Heroin or Percocet, it actually, according to the literature, enters the bloodstream and metabolizes into some sort of morphine derivitive. I am not saying your doctor is incompetent, but if you read the precautions about Tramadol, you will see that it is not advisable for this medication to be prescribed to substance abusers or those with a history. Yet, pain is very real to the person experiencing it, and I am someone who does take a hefty dose of a narcotic medication for chronic pancreatitis pain, but I made this decision only because I have a Recovery based program in my life, am administered this medication by a pain management clinic and am on a contract which requires random toxicology to be taken, a policy that the clinic is the only place where I can be prescribed pain medication, and if I come up "dirty" three times, I will be discharged from the service. My own belief is different from other people who may post here, and we all try to respect each other's viewpoints. For me, I cannot move without pain control and my quality of life would be severely compromised. Others choose to not take medication and opt for non-medicinal ways to manage their own severe pain. I believe that this method is very helpful as well. So, welcome to SR, and I hope you find this to be a helpful place for support and true caring. Always the best, Ksos Last edited by ksos; 06-17-2008 at 11:28 AM. Reason: Needed to clarify a sentence...