[E. Pluribus Unum]

Tramadol is more of a delirium-inducing drug than a painkiller.

[noprogs]

I guess that will be ANOTHER banned plant!

[driftdiver]

Wait I thought natural medicine was fake.

[Bronzy]

Tramadol has a lot of uses but not all FDA approved uses. Have you read about its anti depressive properties? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15358985 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9749830 and just a sitehttp://www.beatingthebeast.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24115

[17th Miss Regt]

So will the owners of the Tramadol patent sue the plants for patent infringement?

[corbe]

The worst side effect of Tramodol is it don’t work (at stopping pain) for which it is mostly proscribed.

[Lx]

So what are Morphine, aspirin and digitalis, chopped liver?

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[saintgermaine]

Reading all the commentaries was more interesting and entertaining than the actual article. What goes for this plant is similar in nature as for the willow tree bark extract salicin, the forerunner of today’s Aspirin.

[Condor51]

I've had Tramadol, it doesn't work for me as a pain killer.
But I followed the directions & dosages. ;-)

[GOPJ]

Have you seen this?

http://www.futurity.org/can-peanut-butter-smell-test-confirm-alzheimers/

A dollop of peanut butter and a ruler might be a way to confirm a diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.