Tramadol: A Mother's Story
It does not matter what my real name is and what is my age exactly. What I am about to tell is one of the most extreme experiences I had ever gone thorough and it represents indeed an important lesson others should pay attention to. After being happily married for three years, my husband and I decided we should try and have a baby. Almost at the same time when we took that decision, I started to feel a strong pain in the cervical region and found out I suffered from spondylitis, a condition given by vertebral joint inflammation and usually manifested through pain and local stiffness.
The doctor recommended I followed a treatment plan with Tramadol, a synthetic opioid pain reliever, and do plenty of exercise. At exactly one year after I started taking Tramadol, I remained pregnant and was extremely happy, both me and my husband. The only problem was that I could not stop taking Tramadol and I was worried about the effects it would have on my baby. I went online and searched for Tramadol effects on unborn babies. Medical articles spoke of malformations, severe withdrawal symptoms at birth and other terrible things. While reading all this information, I kept on asking myself: what am I to do?
How will I live through the pain? I am going to put my baby in danger knowingly? Tramadol had worked its magic and pain was unknown to me. The dosage varied between 50 and 100 mg/day but I never felt the need to take more. Sometimes I would feel a little bit tired, anxious and dizzy but these were the only side-effects I experienced while taking the drug. I went to an OB specialist and discussed about the potential harm Tramadol could have on my baby. We agreed that the best thing to do was to slowly decrease the dose of Tramadol but do it as soon as possible, before the embryo develops and enters the fetal state... more>>>
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