Oh yeah. You have to be really careful with Aleve (Naproxin Sodium). I learned that the hard way. I slipped on some ice back in February and sprained my ankle badly. I have gout, so when I injure a joint gout sets in, and it can last for weeks. Hydrocodone helps some, but doesn't do much for inflammation. I got some Aleve and took 3 per day, which is the maximum recommended dose. But I took it for a month. It really helped with the swelling from the sprain and gout, but by the end of it I was having some serious stomach problems that persisted for about 2 weeks after I quit taking it.
Naproxen is quite strong stuff, and as you pointed out can cause stomach ulcers as well as oral ulcers & lesions with prolonged use. The same applies to tramadol for me, I took it following abdominal surgery last year (i was on oxycodone in hospital but as that is a controlled drug here in the UK was not permitted to take any home!!), the tramadol gave me a really sore mouth, but absolutely no withdrawal symptoms.(I was taking 300mg a day)
I haven't had problems like that with Tramadol, but if I take too much at once, such as 4 50mg pills it gives me a headache that aspirin won't really touch. So when I take it I don't go over 100mg at a time and not over 400mg per day. It hasn't caused any stomach or mouth problems though, maybe because I drink so much water. I remember years ago a doctor prescribed me Indocin (Indomethacin), which is one of the strongest NSAIDS you can get. That stuff would actually make you high. One 50mg cap would make your whole body warm and you'd have a great sense of well-being. 100mg would put you to sleep. It was excellent for sprains and such, but it's harder now to get a prescription for it because it is notorious for causing stomach ulcers and esophageal damage. So now they prescribe me Allopurinol to prevent gout attacks, and when they do happen they give me Colchicine for a few days. That stuff can make you sick, but it's a miracle drug for gout.
And here I thought that feeling of happiness I have been getting was because of my own efforts at life. Sighs. I guess I should have known better because I haven't had any sort of self actualization, self awareness, and overall development of my human condition since I was like... ten. I actually think I backtracked somehow. I've been trying to cut myself off of the medication because I really feel like crap when I'm not on it. I've been trying to replace it with the use of marijuana, but I really think the only way I can beat it is disappearing into an abyss for as long as I need to. I might not come out of alive, though. Or at least not whole. I don't even know if I'm experiencing this due to the medication or because I'm actually sick. It's so annoying. Why did my doctor give me this medication? Why? WHY? Maybe I'm depressed and I didn't know it. I mean I guess I have reasons to be depressed. And maybe this medication helps with depression... my apparent depression. But, is it known for that? I thought it was use for pain management. I just want to live a wholesome, modest life. I don't want to be in pain and discomfort, whether it's caused by the medication or some sickness that I have. I take one or two a day at 50MG for a vitamin D deficiency.
Are you talking about Tramadol? How would that help with a vitamin D deficiency? Just take some Vitamin D.
Originally, I started taking Tramadol for joint pain and then I was told to take it for the vitamin D deficiency, alongside taking a prescribed vitamin D supplement. Hopefully, that clears things up. Sorry, for the confusion.
So, am I suffering from withdrawal or am I just depressed and didn't know it until now? Or am I sick with something entirely different? I don't know.