Tramadol is an opiod pain medication used to treat moderate to moderately severe pain. When taken as an immediate-release oral formulation, the onset of pain relief usually occurs within about an hour. Tramadol is a type of strong opiod that works on the nervous system and brain to reduce the feel of pain. There are many different forms, strengths and brands of tramadol. Some forms and brands start working quickly to ease the pain, while others release the tramadol they contain more slowly, over several hours, to provide a constant and more even pain control. These are called ”modified-release” and often have ‘XL’ ‘SR’ or ’24hr’ in front of the brand name.

Why is tramadol abused?

Apart from its pain relieving effects, tramadol has been discovered to give a feeling of euphoric high when taken in large quantity. When opiods like tramadol are mixed with alcohol, it increases the effects of the alcohol.
Toyosi Ogunjobi, a 19-year-old public secondary school student in Lagos, who is into the abuse of the drug told The Nation that he mixes tramadol with alcohol when he wants to engage in manual labour. He claims it allows him to work harder and longer but that if he takes the mixture without working, it weakens him.

Gabriel Oladoye, a 21 year-old undergraduate of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta also admits to abusing tramadol. To him, tramadol serves as an aphrodisiac. He says he normally takes the drug few minutes before sex and it enables him last longer and perform better in bed.

Bode, a 27 year-old liquor seller says mixing tramadol with Bullet alcohol drink helps him last longer during intercourse, since he normally suffers from premature ejaculation. He shared an experience in which he engaged in intercourse all night with a commercial sex worker after taking tramadol with ‘Bullet’. He said they had marathon sex all night, but confessed that he had to visit the clinic during the day, when he began experiencing pains on his manhood. The doctor, after checking him up for infections, warned him to desist from such medications and marathon sex, as he was lucky not to have ruptured his tissues.

Effects of tramadol abuse

Although tramadol is an over-the-counter medication, its abuse can cause some undesirable effects similar to those of other opiates, such as dizziness, weakness, sleepiness, insomnia, headache, shaking, heartburn, panic attacks, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, itching, sweating and dry mouth.

According to Adekunle Adeseye of Ariset Medical Hospital, tramadol belongs to a family of analgesic and it is actually a synthetic opiod. He said it can lead to addiction like other opiods such as morphine, cocaine and the rest. Some of its other side-effects include light-headedness, serious vomiting and even sedation, as it is narcotic in nature.

Dr. Jude Okonkwo, a medical practitioner at Medicare Hospital Ota, added that overdosing on the drugs can make some people experience difficulty in breathing; and that once addicted to the drugs, abusers won’t be able to function well without the drug, as it has neurological side-effects.

Asked to confirm the claims that the drug has aphrodasic effects and also gives extra strength, Dr. Okonkwo said “Those claims could be true, as it is a narcotic. It heightens the senses, but its effects vary from persons to persons. Abusing the drug has more” negative effects than any perceived positive.
He advised that abusers-turned addicts should stop and youths who take it for recreation because of its euphoric effect should stop as well; as drugs should only be taken on doctor’s prescription.

When asked how the increase in tramadol abuse can be curbed, he advised that parents and guardians should tutor their wards more on the hazards of drug abuse. He also wants the government to place serious sanctions and restrictions on the use of the medication.

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Ordinary Cough syrup is abused and the price still keeps getting higher and higher... talk less of Tramadol.....
Most parents don't have access to Coughlin Syrub for their kids because boys dey drink am say e dey high... Come be say na tramadol abi na tramol

This could be the reason why kidney, liver diseases and cancers are on the rise. So many drugs are being abused. When I was much younger you just can't stroll into a pharmacy and get certain drugs without a written prescription. Nowadays where roadside chemists peddling fake drugs are the norm, I doubt if such rule can hold any water.

In summary d use of tramadol is bad.. I still remember wen i used it a night before my convocation, slept till d following day afternoon.. Nearly missed my convo

Obas101:
In summary d use of tramadol is bad.. I still remember wen i used it a night before my convocation, slept till d following day afternoon.. Nearly missed my convo

It's probably the narcotic effect that made you sleepy, it's considered a controlled drug in United Kingdom, not something you get off the counter..

kai??

Here in the U.A.E it has become common usage among the youth.

Also this tablet called Lyrical

3 post and hit fp.

#ItzTun3chi

kul

Hmmmm...
Anybody that takes tramadol without prescription, your liver is @ a great risk.

[size=18pt] Same Tramadol i take every minute[/size]

I was a bastard user . Thank God for my life

Who cares about trams ? Try Ref

sOAK SK for 4 days ,



Oju Yo bo

its very baad cos am an ex victim of it,and i thank God for my life now

I wonder who want to shorten his life span all because, he wants to please someone that may not worth it. Most unmarried folks involved in this to make a point. Na dem sabi.

M

God's gift to mankind.

Obas101:
In summary d use of tramadol is bad.. I still remember wen i used it a night before my convocation, slept till d following day afternoon.. Nearly missed my convo

Hmmmmm

What's the right dose for fair users?

When I visited one north western state in Nigeria, I came across drug abusers as it concerns this tramadol.
Some even smoke iron sponge.
I just wondered how man has abused the good nature of creation. God will help us.
Happy Sunday

northern guys luv dz stuff sha

I wonder how threads r moved to fp.... Lalasticlala has neva moved mine b4..... . So sad

Good have mercy on our generation

The Aboki's use am pass. Google it.

It really acts as a sex enhancement drug. It's being abused by youths a lot

wow! Thanks op

D day I tried it, I knew d Lord is good.... If I hear trama.... I go pick race

Preach it youths destroying their futures because of temporary fun

I will tell my brother to stop it. Even though I have warned him against it b4