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I believe in allopathy, not in alternative medicine. There is nothing out there that's legal that I could take for the type of pain I have.
Calling tramadol an opiate is pushing it, though it technically is, it has more in common with SNRIs. The withdrawal was the same as an antidepressant because of the effects on serotonin reuptake, except worse because of the shorter halflife. It's considered to have little chance of addiction. It sounds like you're comparing addiction to dependence anyway. If I need to take medication for chronic pain for the rest of my life, I don't see the point in being so worried about addiction. I'd worry more about those people who receive opioids for minor, shortterm problems. They tend to the be ones who abuse painkillers, though the pain management field ignores it. It's the ones who they have to see every month that are forced to suffer.
I did make the appointment early, as soon as I got back in town, but she had an emergency and couldn't see me. Something is always going to come where I'll be in trouble. And then if I see another doctor, who knows, they might claim I'm fishing around to get a script twice.
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