Tramadol: Not Only For the Treatment of Pain

People who suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), who have previously been on SSRIs, the common medication for the treatment of OCD, have found that their medication is very slow to act. The use of analgesic tramadol for the treatment of their symptoms has been found to be very fast acting, and patients can feel relief in as few as 30 minutes. Tramadol is an analgesic that works by binding itself to opioid receptors in the brain and inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin. Tramadol is an excellent initial treatment for the symptoms of OCD because there is a low dependency factor, rare potential for abuse, and demonstrates rapid symptom relief. SSRI’s are proven methods for the treatment of OCD, and controlled studies are being done to prove View the rest of this article