Tramadol is virtually used for many purposes as a s*x enhancer, pain reliever and as a substance to make you high. Don’t be fooled! Here are real health dangers.
What is Tramadol?
Tramadol
is an opiod pain medication used to treat moderate to moderately severe
pain. When taken as an immediate-release or*l 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 $ex
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 expulsion. He shared an experience in which he
engaged in intercourse all night with a commercial $ex worker after
taking tramadol with ‘Bullet’. He said they had marathon $ex 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 $ex, as he was lucky not to have ruptured his tissues.
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.
Source: The Nation.
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