Tramadol Addiction

Tramadol addiction occurs when illicit overuse of the painkiller tramadol begins.

Unable to find enough physicians to write out prescriptions, patients with tramadol addiction turn to the Internet to obtain their supply. "That first time I filled out a form and submitted it and it came back approved,” says one tramadol patient, “it was like, 'Hey, I got my meds!'” Then, she admits, she just started taking more and more.

• One sign of dependency is relying on medication from more than one, primary physician.
  
• Then, the patient crosses a line, and tramadol addiction arises from drug overuse that has not been regulated or treated medically.
• Tramadol patients do not choose to become drug addicts.

"Without the tramadol,” she states, “I just wanted to quit everything and collapse.”
The federal government estimates that some 46 million Americans (age 12 and up), or nearly 20% of the US population, have abused prescription medication at least once. Yet no one knows how many people feed addictions anonymously through the Internet or other sources.

• Patients hope to alleviate their discomfort, often associated with withdrawal.
• Which, in turn, eventually creates a physical dependency, and later an addiction.
• Counseling or medical treatment seem ineffective until the dependency is treated.
• First, the numbing opiates that mask the pain must be removed.

Dependency that leads to tramadol addiction can be reversed by medically inducing rapid detoxification, while the patient is under anesthesia. The hold of opiates is cleansed from the brain.

Tramadol Addiction

Abuse and addiction are separate and distinct issues from physical dependence and tolerance. Though non-narcotic, tramadol functions similarly in the brain to opiates, tends to be habit-forming over time, and produces similar addiction withdrawal. Symptoms include:

• Vomiting
• Uncontrollable diarrhea
• Unbearable pain
• Nausea
• Mounting anxiety
• Distress
• Depression
• Cold sweats
• Cascading bodily reactions
• Aching limbs

Many patients describe themselves as functioning adults who struggle to maintain jobs and family responsibilities, while secretly feeding their addictions… despite the consequences.
The Waismann Method of Rapid Detoxification views painkiller or opiate dependence as a physical disorder. This medical problem requires a physical, medical intervention: rapid detox.
Many tramadol addiction patients come to us after they have tried stopping by themselves, or through drug treatment programs. After failing either, or both, they come to Waismann to be free of all opiate use through our accelerated rapid detoxification:

• Safe, compassionate, and more advanced than traditional drug detoxification.
• Effective, documented treatment for thousands of patients from around the world.
• Over a decade of professional medical and detoxification experience.

The mom from Virginia said she had no problem to maintain a steady supply of tramadol-based Ultram delivered to her door in their nice, middle-class suburb, from a changing variety of online pharmacies she selected. "It was humiliating to face reality,” she says. “This is true. I have a major, major problem.”