[Beso]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Quite possibly is damage limitation. Whatever the reason, help to beat an addiction can only be a good thing surely?

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the single biggest thing to get an addict to do is accept they need help....but that help will only work if it is really what the addict wants. I only hope Ant realises that if he wants a normal life again, let alone salvage his career, his recovery needs to be complete, not a half hearted attempt this time.

I know you have no sympathy for him and that's your right , addicts cause pain and destruction. I personally just hope he can beat it and it doesn't consume him any more than it already has.

I think most addicts know they have a problem, so the hardest thing is getting them to seek the help they need.

I also know tramadols a bitch to come off of and it is similar to heroin in its withdrawal symptoms.

So why would a DR keep prescribing them to him after the public became aware of his problems last year?

Maybe because he is a powerfull tv star who can bend the rules? That is why i have no sympathy for him, but loads for his victims.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by parmnion

I think most addicts know they have a problem, so the hardest thing is getting them to seek the help they need.

I also know tramadols a bitch to come off of and it is similar to heroin in its withdrawal symptoms.

So why would a DR keep prescribing them to him after the public became aware of his problems last year?

Maybe because he is a powerfull tv star who can bend the rules? That is why i have no sympathy for him, but loads for his victims.

Maybe his doctor didn’t want him to come off the Tremadols, maybe Ant wanted to come off them himself.
I have done cold turkey twice with the Trams, both times my own choice and both times not pleasant.
But my doctors would still have me take them to control my pain better than my present meds, due to the awful side effects I prefer to take other meds and cope with considerably more pain.
I feel for him, having an alcohol problem as well must double his misery.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Maybe his doctor didn’t want him to come off the Tremadols, maybe Ant wanted to come off them himself.
I have done cold turkey twice with the Trams, both times my own choice and both times not pleasant.
But my doctors would still have me take them to control my pain better than my present meds, due to the awful side effects I prefer to take other meds and cope with considerably more pain.
I feel for him, having an alcohol problem as well must double his misery.

But surely giving him them could be seen as malpractice after it was made public that he was addicted to them?

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by parmnion

But surely giving him them could be seen as malpractice after it was made public that he was addicted to them?

Not really unless he was no longer in pain, that would be like stopping prescribing addictive anti-depressants because the user was addicted.

As it is an opiate, he would need a slow and controlled withdrawal period to manage the side effects but only if there was an alternative medication to manage his pain.