I was taking Tramadol for years for chronic pain. It worked great and allowed me to function. Then a couple years ago, some scientist said it was ‘opioid-like’,

I was taking Tramadol for years for chronic pain. It worked great and allowed me to function. Then a couple years ago, some scientist said it was ‘opioid-like’, and now it’s impossible to get from doctors. The state where I live is clamping down on opioids and tramadol is now tied in with actual opioids. Ibuprofen + Tylenol every 4 hours works OK, but the nausea and withdrawal from Tramadol led me to try cannabis. It works great for keeping me off opiods, since it fills that ‘any narcotic’-need people feel even years later. It’s better, safer than heroin, which many turn to when their cruel doctors cut them off. The only thing that worries me now is a hospital stay. Can you imagine surgery without painkillers? Ouch, that’s only for the rich!