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Why football fears tramadol: ‘It’s an evil drug – it nearly killed me’. World Anti-Doping Agency's decision to put painkiller on banned list from January could have serious consequences for players (theathletic.com)

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[–] EntropyNZ@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Tramadol is a weird one. It is an opioid, but it's also an SNRI (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor). It's actually not really safe to be taking with something like a TCA because of that (risk of Seratonin syndrome).

They're still prescribed together quite often, despite that.

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