ultracet vs. vicoden

[want2bfreeagain]

Hi everyone...I have been on vicoden for 6 months and have been weening down to get off them....I reinjured my hand which was the reason i was put on vicoden to begin with...I just got back from the dr. and he gave me a script for ultracet....I dont know anything about this drug...He said it was in the same family as vicoden...which now has me worried ..I dont want to go from one addiction to another...Is this drug like vicoden? Is it addicting?? Please help! Thank you for any input anyone may have.

[madtram]

The antidepressant in tramadol is an analogue of effexor which is generally accepted as being the hardest antidepressant of all to withdraw from because of the long half life of its metabolites.

Add an opiate agonist to the mix & no wonder people are trapped.

The added twist is that no-one takes 5 times the recommended dose of their antidepressant but with tramadol, you get the tolerance factor so that some end up on mega doses which increases the build up of metabolites & the time it takes for the drug to truly clear your system.

What a party.

[GA Guy]

Yeah, it's called Serotonin Syndrome and can be deadly. I saw someone on ER die of it once. ER is also where I obtained most of all of my medical knowledge :)

[avisg]

GA that is why .....its like a double punch and the worst is when you have someone on tram and some other doctor has prescribed them another ssri then there can be some deadly reactions .

[GA Guy]

Tramadol is a freaky drug. It's marketed as a non-narcotic because it's not chemically alike to traditional opiates. However, it acts on the same receptors in a similar way to opiates. Therefore, for addiction purposes, it's treated as an opiate. I also read a paper recently that said that it's mechanism of action is alike Trazodone (an old school antidepressant). This certainly explains the extreme depression after cessation. So, Tramadol works like an opiate and an antidepressant in one drug. It's no wonder it's a hard drug to withdraw from!

[want2bfreeagain]

Thank you so much avis!

[avisg]

Let me change that to nothing addicting. tramadol is what is called a synthetic analgesic it is very addicting and work very much like the other opiates as well as having an ingredient that has anti depressant qualities.

[want2bfreeagain]

Thank you....so it is a narcotic? Ive been trying to look up some info on it before i take it and when i google it tells me it is non-narcotic? But Avis said try a non narcotic instead...Im really confused...thank you for your help

[GA Guy]

Ultracet is Tramadol and Tylenol in one pill.

[want2bfreeagain]

so this is tramadol? Thank you Avis!

[avisg]

Tramadol is just as addicting and worse to come off of .I would look into non narcotic aleratives . ...