@GtHawk And please understand I know I am being a bit over the top and apologize if I come across offensive, you see I understand that just as pain is a purely subjective and individual experience so is our reaction to medications. While Morphine is great for some it make me ill, and I can no longer take any of the Codeine family because of allergic reactions after long term use, those drugs are Godsends to others.I found Tramadol far more addictive. I am off all of pain medications now, thanks to acupuncture. But that is very subjective, also.
After my very first session of acupuncture, I could feel my fingertips which I had not felt since 1995. Nerve damage, yet again.
So you are correct.
After a car hit me in 1985, I was in the hospital for ten days. I received the best drug ever. It was called Demerol.
That stuff was mighty fine.
Everyone reacts differently to different drugs. That is just the way it is. I should not have been so ignorant to post "Don't take Tramadol." It took me about a week to get that junk out of my system.