• Fuzzy-Topic-2684@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Bet there’s many more footballers out there that suffer from some kind of addiction but are reluctant to come forward.

    • Hungry-Afternoon7987@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I’d a hip replacement really young so was on pretty much every pain killer going.

      Tramadol was the worst/best.

      Like instantly drinking 6 pints. Just this cloudy warm fuzz all day long. Did sleep really well on it I’ll give it that.

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      1 year ago

      Would be interesting to see when he started. He was so good at Coventry then just shite when he moved. I always assumed it was the pressure of such a big transfer but this makes more sense.

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    1 year ago

    As much as it is great that he’s come forward, this sensationalist idea that any amount of Tramadol could equate to 6 shots of Heroin is frankly silly.

    Yes, there are opiate comparison charts, they don’t give a direct replication of effects.

  • throwingthisaway6736@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    This is a tabloid non-story. A tramadol amount equivalent to six “shots” of heroin? Hmmm, seems a bit far fetched. When it comes to opioids, tramadol is as weak is gets. In terms of dosing equivalent, even the most conservative estimates would probably put this at like… 150-200 tablets per day of tramadol to equal that amount of heroin. And no one is going to be smuggling that much tramadol because of how weak (and therefore, not profitable) it is.

  • Carroadbargecanal@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    There was a story about a pro rugby player moving ftom England to France and asking “where’s the Tramadol?” because it was omnipresent in the English game.