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My husband told me this week that he has been buying Tramadol online and now taking 22 50mg tablets a day. We went to our doctors and basically told to ring a number for a local organisations and get on with it. She did suggest tapering but only recommend a program as if he was taking 8 50mg tablets so that's what im giving him. This obviously isn't enough because after an hour or so he starts to feel anxious and he his aching. I have been told to speak to Frank, narcotics anonymous but no one can tell me how many tablets to give him. I feel we're totally unsupported.

CaptainHaddock

Welcome to the forum, 6781. You will find a lot of useful info an support here.

I am happy to see that your husband agrees that he needs help and that you are supporting him.

I don't have personal experience of opioids, but as I understand it, getting off them can be challenging.

My suggestion is that you and your husband find and speak to a doctor specialising in addiction treatment. Tapering might not be the only appropriate treatment, and even if it might be, it sounds like you need to discuss that with a more appropriately experienced practitioner. As far as I know, maintenance therapy might be another option (i.e. substituting the Tramadol with something else to ease withdrawal), but this is obviously best left to the medical experts.

Dee74

Hi and welcome 6791

I understand you want advice but we can't give you medical advice here - it's against our rules.

The suggestion to find a doctor better versed in addiction is a good one I think?

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