About 5 years ago, I was diagnosed with mastocytic enterocolitis, a type of microscopic colitis I am told. Like many of you, I have been trying to get relief by using a variety of meds, antihistamines, ranitidine, dicyclomine etc. About a year I go I had to stop taking Welcol and chlolestryamine because it was making me sick to my stomach (no where to throw up when you are on the pot with diar.) I tried cromolyn but it didn't seem to help.
Back in October I had a horseback riding accident and when I got home, I was given the painkiller tramadol. I have discovered that if I need to go somewhere the next day, I am di-free if I take a tramadol when I go to bed the night before and when I wake up in the morning. Yes, I can travel for hours in the car and go to meetings without di-attacks.
Wondered if anyone has taken tramadol and got relief from frequent diarhea attacks from colitis? I was given tramadol beccause I am allergic to all the regular prescription pain killers.
Mastocytice Enterocolitis finding relief by taking Tramadol
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rollingrfarm
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Hi,
Welcome aboard. I'm not surprised that tramadol would have that effect for some people. Tramadol works similar to narcotics, and narcotics are notorious for slowing down motility. When slowing down motility is the goal, most members here use Imodium as a safe motility reducer, and it's available OTC.
Tramadol is a reasonably effective and reasonably safe pain-killer for someone with this disease, but it's not a practical long-term option for treating the disease. Even though it's not a true narcotic, it can still become habit-forming, if used regularly.
You've had a somewhat unusual history of medications used to treat the disease. Have you ever tried serious long-term diet changes for controlling your symptoms?
Tex
Welcome aboard. I'm not surprised that tramadol would have that effect for some people. Tramadol works similar to narcotics, and narcotics are notorious for slowing down motility. When slowing down motility is the goal, most members here use Imodium as a safe motility reducer, and it's available OTC.
Tramadol is a reasonably effective and reasonably safe pain-killer for someone with this disease, but it's not a practical long-term option for treating the disease. Even though it's not a true narcotic, it can still become habit-forming, if used regularly.
You've had a somewhat unusual history of medications used to treat the disease. Have you ever tried serious long-term diet changes for controlling your symptoms?
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Joefnh
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Tramadol is a very weak u-opiod agonist and has weak opiod properties. One element of Tramadol is that it is a moderate Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) which is an antidepressant. As we know may taking antidepressants like Amnitryptiline (Elavil) find that it does help their MC, I would wonder if this is part of the action that is helping.
Joe
I was going to ask the same thing as Tex. Any serious diet changes? Although there are drugs that can help symptoms, the only real path to remission is to figure out what food are causing the inflammation and eliminate them. Many of us here have had great success.
Read as much as you can on this site. It will give you a good idea as to what you can be doing to help yourself get better.
Ask any questions.
Leah
Read as much as you can on this site. It will give you a good idea as to what you can be doing to help yourself get better.
Ask any questions.
Leah