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No matter how highly developed and rational we are, the instinct of self-preservation is very strong in every man or woman living. Have you ever considered how deep this instinct is interred in you? It makes you jump off the road when a crazy driver rashes by. It makes you withdraw your hand instantly when you touch something extremely hot, cold or spooky. It makes us find our second halves and deliver and bring up children to guarantee the life of future generations. And the most important way of the instinct of self-preservation to communicate with us and tell us whether we do right or wrong are two polar feelings - pain and pleasure.

Pleasure is the most desirable sensation in the world. We all aim at pleasures of all types imaginable because they make us feel good and believe that our life is a wonderful thing. On the contrary, pain is the most dreaded and hated feeling in the world. Sometimes we curse our own organism for producing so much pain and in our despair we forget that without pain we would not be able to survive!

There is a very exotic health disorder the major sign of which is human inability to perceive pain. You will be astonished to find out that those humans who are unable to perceive pain are the most unhappy creatures in the world! Believe it or not, but they envy us, who are blessed with the best health guardian in the world - our ability of feeling pain! Do you want to know why? The thing is that they have to examine their own body several times a day looking into the mirror to find out they are all right! The poor pain-deprived persons will not notice the blister of a burn on their elbow alongside with numerous scratches, sprains, fractures, broken bones and internal health issues. Believe us, pain is your best friend telling you about every dangerous change in the state of your organism, both inside and outside, and ensuring you the swiftest recovery possible!

It is important to note that we are careless enough to destroy our health every single day. Eventually our childish behavior leads us to the kingdom of pain - it is the price we have to pay for up-to-date styles of life. What is meant here?

1. Fast foods and lack of natural fresh water (the bottles of water we buy are not able of satisfying our biological needs);
2. Lack or minimum necessary elements, vitamins and minerals in the products we eat;
3. Awful ecological state of big industrial places where the majority of people live;
4. Living in huge cities with constant noise, heavy traffic, smoke and lack of privacy;
5. Stress and strain in every sphere of our life;
6. Keeping to bad habits like smoking tobacco and marihuana, drinking alcohol beverages, taking drugs, accumulating negative attitudes and feelings of hopelessness and despair; taking too many drugs with and/or without the general practitioner’s prescription;
7. Lack or minimum of healthy physical activities;
8. Spending days inside without ever going out;
9. Lack or minimum of sleep, rest and relaxation;
10. Inferior weekend and vacations full of toil and extra work.

Alas, sometimes pain becomes intolerable becoming your personal hangman. Speaking about acute states, medical surgeries, injuries, chronic illnesses etc., patients in pain must receive immediate help to survive the hardest hours or day successfully. And this help is soothing pain. Despite their bad record opioid pain relievers were, are and will be one of the most reliable, active and rapid ways of helping men and women in pain. To tell you the truth, Tramadol, Vicodin, Xanax and many meds of the kind have become notorious without a proper reason. Some guys tend to misuse opioid pain relievers for reaching their personal lethal nirvana, while others who need the pills badly are terrified of starting Tramadol therapy because of all those persuasive newspaper headlines we see daily. Is there a reasonable way out? Of course! Read the most important information about Tramadol and decide for yourself whether you should get Tramadol and start taking this medication or try to survive without it.

As we have mentioned before, Tramadol is a highly effective opioid pain killer. It is a widely spread centrally-acting analgesic prescribed for overcoming moderate to moderately severe pain. This meds is considered to be relatively new. Tramadol was produced German pharmaceutical company Grünenthal GmbH in the end of the 1970s. It was a perfect synthetic Codeine analog, belonging to the calss of the phenanthrene alkaloids and opioids. Just like Codeine, Tramadol in the course of clinical testing turned out to be a great pain reliever. Soon Tramadol showed unique characteristics. Unlike Codeine, Tramadol turned in human body into O-desmethyltramadol. The new medication acted upon the human opiate receptors or μ1 and μ2 receptors like any opiod was supposed to, but in addition to it Tramadol became well known for releasing the hormone of happiness and inhibiting the action of the hormone of stress in our brain. It was absolutely new and unpredictable. In other words, Tramadol produced euphoria alongside with dangerous respiratory depression showing exclusive μ-opioid receptors selectivity impossible with Morphine and other natural and semi-synthetic phenanthrene alkaloids and opioids. Later Tramadol was used for coping with a number of painful states including the most types of neuralgia, injuries, chronic health troubles etc.

Please, realize that Tramadol can be safely used in pain humans if several simple rules are observed:

1. Males and females take the minimal amount of Tramadol keeping to the biggest time spans possible between two doses;
2. Men and women stay with Tramadol the shortest period possible;
3. Persons take Tramadol regularly as prescribed by the general practitioner and never overdose the medicine;
4. People never stop using Tramadol abruptly.

Following these instructions you will never face Tramadol adverse reactions and withdrawal symptoms.

The normal dosage of Tramadol produced by many pharmaceutical companies is 50 mg generic tablets or capsules. This efficient narcotic pain reliever is also available as Ultracet, Ultram and Ultram ER. These compounds have a smaller dose of Tramadol (37.5 mg) and larger dose of Paracetamol or Tylenol (325 mg) producing a perfect pain killing effect.

You can recognize any synthetic narcotic pain reliever including Tramadol for its characteristic unpleasant and mildly bitter taste. Please, bear in mind that the top safe dosage of Tramadol used for oral administration is 400 mg per day. The best general practitioners say you should never take the top dosage of Tramadol! As a matter of fact, the safest Tramadol dosage indicated by recent investigation is 300 mg per day. By the way, newly marketed medicines like Ultracet, Ultram and Ultram ER tablets contain 37.5 mg of Tramadol only and 325 mg of APAP. You are recommended to take 8 tablets a day at the most - that makes the total of 300 mg of Tramadol.

Never overdose your Tramadol! It is extremely dangerous and can end up in coma, lethargy and even losing your life!

It is significant to memorize that when following Tramadol therapy is very risky:

- for humans over 75 or under 18;
- for persons who are allergic to any meds;
- for men and women who have the record of problems with alcohol and drug abuse;
- for persons who have the record of kidney, liver or stomachhealth issues;
- for individuals who have depressions and suicidal ideas;
- for men and women who are now intoxicated;
- for patients who have lately used alcohol; narcotic pain medicines; sedatives or tranquilizers (Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Diazepam etc.); meds for depression, panic and/or anxiety disorders; pills for mental health troubles (such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia);
- for personalities who recently used street drugs.

Tramadol is a very reactive medication interacting with every substance in your body. Please, beware taking Tramadol with:

- alcohol to avoid a lethal decrease in your breathing;
- cold or allergy pills to avoid allergy and liver failure;
- narcotic pain meds to avoid overdose;
- sleeping meds to avoid overdose;
- muscle relaxers to avoid overdose;
- pills for seizures, depression or anxiety to avoid overdose and painful adverse reactions.

Check twice if you have already informed your doc that you take on a regular basis:

- any MAO inhibitors (Isocarboxazid (Marplan), Tranylcypromine (Parnate), Phenelzine (Nardil), Selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam) etc;
- any antidepressants (Amitriptyline (Elavil), Citalopram (Celexa), Clomipramine (Anafranil), Desipramine (Norpramin), Escitalopram (Lexapro), Fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem), Fluvoxamine (Luvox), Imipramine (Tofranil), Nortriptyline (Pamelor); Paroxetine (Paxil), Sertraline (Zoloft) etc.

You should tell your MD if you have to take Carbamazepine (Tegretol); Warfarin (Coumadin); Digoxin (Lanoxin, Lanoxicaps); Ketoconazole (Nizoral); Rrythromycin (E-Mycin, E.E.S., Ery-Tab); Rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane, Rifater); St. John’s wort; Quinidine (Quinaglute, Quinadex, Cardioquin, Quinora) and any other medications. Do not fail to underline what kind of vitamins, minerals or herbal products you take.

Tramadol is better avoided during pregnancy and breastfeeding as a very dangerous medication. Tramadol therapy, pregnancy and breastfeeding should never concur! The truth is that all opioid pain killers easily penetrate human placenta and get into human milk. Getting into the baby’s body they cause great harm to the fetus or the nursing baby, because in fact your child becomes a real Tramadol user consuming the med inside your womb and sucking contaminated milk. No wonder Tramadol is a FDA pregnancy category C medication. Dear women! Please, inform your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant before using Tramadol no prescription.

If you use Tramadol for a long period of time in maximum doses or if you happen to stop it suddenly, you can face bad withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety and panic attacks; sweating and weakness; insomnia; shakiness; nausea; diarrhea; hallucinations; unexplained bodily sensations. If any signs given above last, feel free to seek medical help, otherwise you will not be able to survive the most acute 72 hours of withdrawal.