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Q: WHAT EXACTLY IS ULTRAM 50 MG TABLETS AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF PILL ADDCT

WELL I GOT ADDICTED TO OXYCONTIN WHEN I WAS 22 YEARS OLD AND I TRIED TO GET OFF OF THEM AND ULTRAM DID HELP BUT THEN IT WAS LIKE I WAS THEN ADDICTED TO THE ULTRAM NOW AS WELL!  SO WHY TREAT AN ADDICTION WITH ANOTHER ADDICTION??  I THINK THIS WORLD WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THIS WAS ALL RAN DIFFERENTLY AS FAR AS WHAT MEDS TO USE DURING WITHDRAWALS FROM NARCOTICS AS STRONG AS OXYCONTIN!!!!

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7/12/08 8:09pm

Both can be addicting but ultram has a far lower rate of addiction than oxycontin. Ultram differs from oxycontin in that it is not a narcotic (opiate-type drug). Your doctors were probably hoping you wouldn't get addicted to an entirely different class of drugs. Unfortunately you were!

 

http://www.drugs.com/cons/ultram.html

 

Good luck

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