Togo's Tramadol Problem I ARTE Documentary
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Tramadol, an opioid derived painkiller, is easily available in Togo and many other African countries. Available on the black market in dangerously high doses, workers use the drug to counteract fatigue, leaving many people addicted.
Togo's Tramadol Problem I ARTE Documentary
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Tramadol isn't the problem. Its the society. Working for 12 hours on a bike for every day? Of course you have to take some substances to endure that...
plus its cheap so the only affordable high they can get.. poverty makes you do strange things.
I couldn't do that. Recreational bike rides with my child make my body hurt and it's well under 12 hours. I know it's not the same as a motorcycle but still...
Damn right, if it isn’t tramadol they’ll switch to codene cough syrup. I would too, like the first commenter said: twelve hours on a bike EVERY day? Nope.
❤❤I agree!!
Tramadol brings such brutal withdrawal that I purposely became physically dependent on heroin (NOT fentanyl) because dope sickness is almost a 4 day orgasm compared to the sheer hell of tramadol/Suboxone/methadone withdrawals. It was well worth it, and I'm more than 7 years clean now (3/22/16).
R u for real mate haha wat evea pmsl.
@@davechristian7543 100%.
Ive done the sub and methadone detox and it took a month to get over the horrible hot and cold flashes! I had no idea people could even get addicted to tramadol. It did nothing to me when I took it. Damn tolerance.
I find that hard to believe…I’ve had all types of pain killers for months at a time and withdrawal is nothing compared to Heroin which I did for 12 years straight.. even opium is is worse than Tramadol.
@@ape72patch1 I didn't abuse heroin like that; I wasn't a nodder. Not everyone needs to take a wonderful thing and completely wreck it with intemperance.
Tramadol allowed me to scale back my Percocet usage, quitting comfortably. When I wanted to stop cold turkey, it was HELL! Dope sickness is a disease of heavy lethargy, diarrhea, and mild to moderate pain. No screaming meemees (like tramadol/Suboxone/methadone gift me) because when one used for a huge stamina boost, that means one needed less and the dosage didn't have to change for the entire duration.
That is some hideously bullshit poverty for a man who works 12 hour days. Who can blame him for becoming dependent on something.
Unfortunately medicine isn't supposed to heal people, it generally just helps patients cope with symptoms
First it help to make money for big pharma
???
@@craigflick3387 heroin is used to treat pain. Pain is a symptom of something else. Heroin is also highly addictive to the point that you feel pain when you don't have it
@@craigflick3387 and pharmaceutical companies only need to show that the drug is effective in a way to get it approved. We find out more about the drug once millions of people are taking it and the data pool is bigger
Vaccines? 😂
These synthetic drugs are playing havoc with humanity. After globalisation the movement of freight containers is huge. It is not possible to check all containers. It is a desparate situation
Tramadol sounds like a cool name for trauma.
Shocking report. How can/could these people cope a pill of 500mg and more?!? One with just 50 mg can cause a heart acceleration and no sign of all the "benefits" mentioned in the report, apart from pain relief.
is this a joke, tramadol is by far the weakest opiate in pain medication. You should better report about the strong opiates such as fentanyl, oxy etc
Tapaday 200 stronger than oxys ifykyk
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France made this country poor.
I'm no stranger to opiates and opioids so im at a loss as to how Tramadol acts as a stimulant?
My experience with pharmaceutical Tramadol in the UK is that it didn't fight fatigue but simply made things more interesting which helped with lack of motivation and low mood.
Exactly that's what I'm thinking.. 🤔
It worked for me as an energy bomb. It gave me "A FALSE freedom" from anxiety and more energy.
Some people feel sleepy and can not function on it. In my case it was the opposite
@@exstazius
That's interesting to know. I like how you included 'false' in your comment because it's important for those that don't know to understand pros and cons.
@@eardwulf785 exactly. In the beginning tramadol can "present itself" as a wonder pill against anxiety and exhaustion. In reality it is a medication that gets you addicted, you need more and more to get just the feeling of being able to function and if you try to stop suddenly by yourself, like I tried several times, it brings you extreme withdrawal symtoms.
I remember that day that I stoped to take it because I was fed up with it. I could not stand up or lie down, I became dizzy, it felt pressure all over my body, feeling of warmth and coldness in my body. Extreme anxiety, pain in the muscles and the worst part was that I could not urinate. You have the feeling that you need to go to the baathroom but it is like the whole system is shutting down and I could not urinate.
I got also epilepsie attacks from tramadol.
These symptoms started 2 days after my last tramadol intake. I called the ambulance to get me to the hospital. The results were that the body was severely being damaged by the tramadol. Muscle destruction was clearly present.
The worst part is that you can not stop with it at that moment because this would cause a shock to the body and death.
I went to an addiction center and they needed 3 months to slowly getting me off that shit. I was 1 year inside.
I am 8 years clean now.
Everyone reading this - please dont use this medication as some kind of relief for anxiety, depression or an energy booster. It wil bring you just chaos and health problems. A lot of people die abusing tramadol.
If you have problems with anxiety, depression or anything else just remember that you are not alone, seek help for it by talking to a professional. It is a long way but you wil by your own strenght learn to deal with this issues and not by giving total power to a pain medication that wil only bring you problems in the long run.
It has an SSRI effect which helps with fatigue x
I had an addiction to tramadol. It was a living hell. I tried to stop by myself and my body just went in shock. I got epilepsie attacks, muscle damage and terrible anxiety. In the beginning i got it for muscle pain but it helped me to work more and have more energy.
Before i know it I was addicted. I took more and more (max was 600-800 mg x day - a doses that can cause death).
I decided to go to an addiction center and i was 1 year in the hospital. They told me that getting off tramdol is harder and the symptoms are much stronger than heroine withdrawal. It took 3 months just to get me slowly off the tramadol. They told me that if they would just not give me tramadol (total and inmeadiate stop) i would die. Each week they lowered the dose with 50 mg to get from my daily 600-800mg to 0.
I have been clean for 8 years now.
People that struggle with anxiety and depression have to be really carefull with tramadol. It seems like a solution for this issues in the beginning. You feel a warm "zen" happy felling and more energy. After a while you have to take more and more to feel the same. Slowly it destroying your organizam. If you see that you use it for something other than what it is presribed for stop inmeadiately
Thanks for sharing. The more awareness we get the better informed decisions we can make.
Glad to hear you are well which country was that please was the hospital or rehab free
@@joelmonkley6177 it was in belgium. The rehab was in total around 50.000 euro's (60.000 dollars I think). I had to pay 1.500 euro's. Social security payes the rest. I am fortunate belgium has such a good health and social system
@@exstaziusthank you for sharing this helpful information with us and congratulations on wanting to get better, and on staying clean of course.
Holy 💩 dude...
Edited to add: I will break a 50mg tablet and take half and wait an hour to see if it's really necessary. How did you get on so much? That's crazy...
how can an opiate be poor man's cocaine, don't these reporters know anything about drugs?
Meth is the poor mans cocaine. That statement they made is way off base and....out of touch.
@@Lonesome__Dove it's funny how often these reporters don't do their basic homework, yet moralize about things, makes you wonder what else they got wrong, but basically mainstream media are now part of the privileged, cocooned elites totally disconnected with how real people live and think.
Because tramadol is also a snri along with opioid….cocaine acts as an SNDRI….opioid release has a downstream effect on dopamine so in effect it has similar effects as cocaine
I used to take it back in the mid 2000s until it started giving me seizures. Now I take OxyContin. I have 3 vertebrae that are crumbling and the pain is horrendous. The drugs work but they make me so tired and hearing how these guys use to to counter tiredness makes me wonder how that happens when it made me very tired.
There were 16,000 refugees from Togo living in the US. There is 47% poverty in Togo. 1 in 8 children die before their 5th birthday.🇹🇬
Wow!
I almost got addicted to Tramadol when I visited a friend and she gave me one as a pain killer. It was amazing and I lost a lot of weight in the two weeks I had access to it. I was surprised it wasn’t more popular on the streets back then 10 or so years ago so this isn’t a surprise to me
How much did you take?
It doesn't work for some people if they don't have a certain enzyme. I used to get it prescribed and it's a nasty drug. Made me feel like I was about to have a seizure. The smell of the pills makes me gag now.
I used to get them and I told the doctor I don't like how they make me feel so I tried a chiropractor instead I hate pills
I take 50 mg tramadol 3 or 4 times a day. Relieves moderate back pain. Once in a while 100 mg. No real noticeable effect.
Exactly
not to mention in doses higher than 150mg it has a higher risk of causing seizure compared to other opioids
@@mysteryY2K
Definitely a turn off.
Stop taking the tramadol see if there's no noticeable effect bet your back will be screaming out in pain your foolish
I have Cronic severe disabling pain tramadol does nothing for me iv been on methadone and morphine over 25 years it must have something else in it to cause these symptoms
When I was like 16-17 and addicted to drugs Tramadol was not a controlled substance so I used to have like 5 refills per script. Its not as strong as real opiates but it definitely is opiate like.
It's very stimulating but once you take more than 400 mg you in seizure territory. Always made me feel awful but it stopped withdrawls.
What's that
@@Mina.15 tramadol? like a weaker synthetic opiate.
Tramadol is one of the weakest form of opiates. There is a reason only vets use it on dogs and cats. The only thing its good for is a good night sleep if ur not in pain
Agree, my 5 pound Pomeranian had her both knees operated on at once and she was prescribed Tramadol.
stronger than codeine though right? ppl get hooked on that tbf
It is stronger than codeine #3 and doesn't make you nauseous.
Brother was a lifelong opiates user from ,heroin to methadone and everything in between . Got HIV in 1984 and lived until last December when he died from complications while in palliative care from his HiV and throat cancer wich he got shortly b4 he died. Tramadol was given him and it really knocked him out ,even more than when using smack it seemed 😂. He was pretty happy and said he felt ok and pain was bearable . But tramadol is Not just a weak opiate . It depends on dosage . RIP bro .
@@dimitriwolfs9370 tramodal is NOT used anymore because it a very weak opiate and has severe side effects when taken in large doses, seizures death ect. It was used in the 80's and 90's but is now only given to small animals. And in parts of Africa.
Dudes sleeping on they bikes cool
AF tho…u can just tell they all besties and they look out for each other
I took Tramadol ONCE and it made me super dizzy and out of it. I HATED IT.
My dog took tramadol after getting spayed
@HULLGRAFFITI Your funny!😁
Calling a spayed a spayed, respect!🤭🤭🤭
@@HULLGRAFFITI jajaja
Gratitude for sharing.
Ps Peace to everyone dealing with addiction or anyone who has dealt with addiction.
It wasn't considered a drug in 2007, when the doctors recklessly prescribed it to me.
It has a SNRI mechanism of action, as well as mild opioid actions.
I was arrested due to it, did time for it, and the hundreds of ED visits, most of those physicians laughed at me. This was 2007, when the Government didn't care to classifiy it as a schedule IV, as it is now.
As it is, it takes 60 to 90 days to psychologically detox from the SNRI effects of it. And that is taking no more than the therapeutic levels recommended.
This is one time I will forgive or forget the medical community for their reckless nearsightedness.
Tramadol doesn't make me feel energised, it makes me sleep.
I’ve been taking Tramadol after chronic osteoarthritis and knee replacement ..now 10 years. The benefits now are not great and the side effects are being noticed more and more..depression,euphoria,constipation,dry mouth,nightmares twitching and biting my tongue …not great Im coming off them very slowly over the next 3 months..be careful. They are only meant really for short term chronic pain and as I’m 71mI don’t want any cognitive impairment as I get older..
What is someone supposed to do ?
Im SO SAD and SORRY ! To Hear of This Mans Dependance,One Day, SOON, He WONT Have his Dose of Tramadol..and He Will be TOO SICK To Function ! Im a Recovering Addict,and Ive been through EXACTLY What Hes Doing..It s a DEAD END 👎!
IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THIS HAPPENING IN AFRICA. I AM FRENCH AND I GREW UP IN 3 COUNTRIES OF THIS WESTERN AFRICAN COAST. THESE PEOPLE ARE KIND SOULS AND POOR, SO I UNDERSTAND THEIR SUFFERING, BUT TAKING THIS TERRIBLE OPIOID IS GOING TO KILL THEM ALL! AND THEIR DAMN DICTATORIAL GOVERNMENT DOES EVERYTHING TO KEEP THEM DOWN!
It’s probably brought in by the governments to keep them docile in the same way that western governments allow drugs for similar reasons. Can you imagine the chaos in America, for example if all drugs were completely stopped from entering the country for 1 month?
Übersetzung ist schlecht 👎🏾
I have Crohns disease
I did 8 years on tramadol, codeine, gabapentin, naproxen. Amitriptyline. I've smoked dope for 24 years and it's the only thing I still use today.
12 years with a chronic illness and it's weed that gave me remission 🙌
I have a friend with spinal injuries from a car accident. His only options are surgery which could very possibly paralyse him if it goes wrong, or to take tramadol indefinitely. He prefers to smoke weed due to the side effect he gets of being stoned when he took the tramadol.
Tramadol isn't an opium derivative....
You're right, the reporter is mixing up opiates and opioids.
It's not the opiates part of Tramadol that is giving them energy. Opiates are downers and tend to calm and make tired. What else is in it that causes this effect? As a person with a rare and very painful genetic condition, I take morphine because all opiates are turned into morphine by the liver and it doesn't have all those other drugs combined with it. As a pain killer tramadol is mild, there's something else in it to give the energy and the opiates make that addictive.
Imagine if these guys got their hands on some meth...
Interesting
tramadol is an SNRI
Tramadol is so weak it's not an opiate
Right idk wat these ppl are talking about
If you can buy leif 50 mg is basically legal... what's the point of 120 and 150 mg black market tablets? Unless users are really really bad at math...
Tramadol trapped you? Bruh, you need to park your bike and go on a retreat immediately. Go now. Because that's not normal. Tramadol? Is it the same medicine as ultram in the US?
Wish tramadol worked for me! i even had back surgeries. Silver lining. I'm not addicted to it.
Excellent report. Wikipedia says that Boko Haran gives it their young fighters before attacking a village. It makes them fearless.
.....and CAPTAGON. THATS AMPHETAMIN in EU, US banned
Thanks for watching!
Tramadol doesnt do that lol. Thays meth
Opioids don't make you fearless or give you strength, they make you relaxed and peaceful and even a bit nauseous.
@@ats-3693tramadol is a snri+opioid….so you have seretonin reuptake+ Norepinephrine along with opioid release….so yes it can make you feel that way
People living in poverty are vulnerable to many aspects.
I am surprised about this. I had surgery back in the late 90s. I was given tramadol for the 3 days I was in the hospital. I was still in pain, but I could handle it. I was given it again about 10 years later. I had to go to a conference for 3 days. Long flights and lots of time on my feet going from seminar to seminar. At the time I needed surgery on my legs. That tramadol put me to sleep! My legs hurt so bad. It did nothing for the pain. They are using it to fight fatigue? It did the opposite for me. Useless. Never had it again.
Yes tramadol is useless for pain
@@jeanettelebarron3306 I take it for spinal disc injuries and it takes the edge off the pain but not much more. But the alternatives for me are problematic also, I was badly addicted to buprenorphine and oxycodone last year and had less pain but I was a mess.
I remembered being prescribed Tramadol once it was so horrible it made me spew up and get terrible migraines . Yuk
Do the doctors get commission from drug companies for prescribing drugs? They do in other countries! Obviously the system stinks!
so bescheuert.. die leute reden französisch, die untertitel sind englisch, und der sprecher ist deutsch.. wer hat sich denn das ausgedacht?
Hahaha. Stimme Dir völlig zu.
😂
Die betäuben schmerzen redet über ihre Schmerzen
Tramadol gets in yo brain as well. Was hard to zap out of it.
Tramadol...on par with Darvocet as far as euphoria and worse than oxy in withdrawal
Take in high doses sure.
187 Strassenbande
It's good for them.
BERLIN CONFERENCE.
Da bleibe ich lieber bei Rheinhessen-Wein!
Oppressor language will be banned in African land soon. No to French, Dutch, English, Portugal, etc.
It makes no difference to us
@@catloverfurever00 ok get over it
@@United-States-of-Africa nope, you’re the one who needs to get over it 😂
😢😢..
Tramadol is not an Opioid, its not even the same class drug as Opioids. Had both, but completely different highs.
No your wrong tramadol is classed as a opioid I used to think the same and the high is very similar I've done it all 35 years of opioids
Legalize it and let the results be what they may.
Sehr unreflektiert über soziale Umstände, Prohibition und Patentrechtsanliegen...
Erst anschauen, dann kommentieren.
@@PM-vv3uc hab ich. Und es ist eine Doku wie 1990. Nichts gelernt. Überraschung: inzwischen gab es so manche Erkenntnis zum Thema.
Diese Doku hier könnte auch von Kabel1 und RTL sein
@@prototo4781 Welche Erkenntnis meinst du?
@@prototo4781 Blödsinn. RTL ist gar nicht bereit, solch hochwertige Doku zu bringen, weil es die Zuschauerschaft überfordern würde.
Genauso ist es Blödsinn von Unreflektiertheit zu schwafeln, wenn doch die Akteure in der Doku selbst zu Wort kommen.
Die Deutsche Übersetzerin hat oft Afrika als Zusammenfassung der betroffenen Gebieten genannt. Das fand ich echt falschausgedruckt zu sein. In Deutschland Berlin z.B. gibt es unter den Jungen und anderen überall Abhängigkeit von Droggen verschiedener Arten. Aber sowas werden wir nie sehen als Englische Reportage. Bitte dementsprechend um Reportage über Droggenkonsum in Berlin auch zu drehen...Vielen Dank.
The normal prescribed safe dosage is 50mg every 6 hours AS NEEDED FOR MILD PAIN. Legal tablets don't exceed the safe dosage. It is a synthetic opiate and is effective when used as directed. I was on it for 10 years before having a nerve stimulator implanted in my back.
Try using Google before you speak. Adults-At first, 100 milligrams (mg) once a day. Your doctor may increase your dose as needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 300 mg per day.
@ritzharris1303 As a nurse of 38 years you don't have any knowledge of what a medication half life is.
I’m the same. I have a prescription but have had a nerve stimulator implanted now. I sometimes take Tramadol for muscle pain and stiffness but am careful to stay within 1-2 times weekly if needed. I saw Tramadol abused in the US. It lifts my mood so I know it could become habitual if continued.
One question, as you claim you have nursing experience. Did you know from the first dose it also has been prescribed for depression? By this, I mean if you were a presciber, would you give it to someone who presents themselves as having possible depression?
@hygrave2892 Have you ever taken an antidepressant before and if so did it help?
I worked as a nurse and I developed back problems. I have been on tramadol for ten years and I hate it because it makes me drowsy and fatigue but I don't have any other options. Tramadol doesn't make you energetic but sleepy. What are they taking disguised as tramadol. And the withdrawals are horrendous. I once ran out of it for 3 days and I felt like I was dying. Do they know what they are getting themselves into. And why is that they are working 12hrs a day earning a little but spent it on drugs
It dependens on the person. I was addicted to it and it gave me energy
@@exstaziusyep
As a nurse you should know how it effects ppl differently depending on their body chemistry.
@@Lonesome__Dove tramadol makes you drowsy no matter what that's how it works unless if you have been on it for a long time
@@juliaherbet2063 usually correct. In my case it gave me extreme energy
I don't know how a opiate can fight fatigue or be a poor man's cocaine 1 is a upper 1 a downer and tramadol I'd say is a downer I know people who would take it when there was no heroin available and they were considered weak would barely stop withdrawal
Tramadol?! Uh. Okaaay
So the business idea is to make generic tramadol in africa..lets say 350 mg and sell it on the streets .
Auch hier würde es KEINERLEI Probleme geben, wäre der Me4nsch NICHT so ein Vollidiot!