ULTRAM Reviews (TRAMADOL HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.1 (554 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ULTRAM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ULTRAM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Oral Surgery | Dizziness | Barely took the edge off. | F | 33 | 2 days | 4/7/2001 | 3 | Fibromyalgia, & Sjogren's Syndrome | tolerance | You have to take it on schedule, b/c if it's not in your system it won't work. After taking it a while it stopped working. | F | 30 | 2 years | 5/24/2001 | 3 | ms | works but is highly addictive. i've been addicted to a low dose for over 2 years. | M | 42 | 2 years | 7/28/2001 | 2 | pain from car accident | sometimes got tired, but rarely | didn't help for pain, but as an addict I couldn't take percocet | F | 20 | 11 days | 9/16/2001 | 3 | chronic back problems | You must take it regularly for it to work. I have been on it for several years off and on. IT IS ADDICTIVE. When I quit taking it I experience muscle spasm type reactions. It occasionaly made me nauseated. | M | 45 | 4 years | 10/9/2001 | 3 | back pain | N/A | This is a physically addictive drug even though it is prescribed as a non addictive drug. Your body craves it and there are withdrawls symptoms such as, hot flashes, flu symptoms, running leg syndrome, anxiety and this usually lasts for a week after the drug has been stopped. | F | 39 | 4 years | 1/4/2002 | 3 | Low Back Pain | Trouble uninating, night sweats, diffaculty concentrating | Works good at first but seems less effective the longer you take it. | M | 39 | 12 months | 1/17/2002 | 4 | disliked taking vicodan | dry mouth, slightly tired | thus far I have found relief taking ultram combined with viox, whereas, in the past my alternative was taking narcotics which only made me susceptable to mood shifts | M | 45 | 5 months | 3/25/2002 | 4 | herniated disks and bone spurs | Mild "high" and insomnia at first, but that didn't last long. After years of use, no side effects unless you count addiction. Addiction results in muscle spasms, restlessness and irritability when the medicine is stopped. | I took it for 3 years before neck surgery and it took me 2 weeks to come off of it. It is billed as a non-addictive narcotic, but the doctors are finding out that some people become addicted to it. After a year off of it, I developed more back pain and have been on it for another 2 years. I gradually have to increase the dose to be effective, but not because of any craving for it. | F | 59 | 5 years | 4/22/2002 | 4 | | 7/3/2002 | 3 | Back Pain/ Scheuermanns Disease | Addiction, Quick Tolerance, | I've Taken the new version Ultracet, which is the same as Ultram, but with tylonol mixed in it. Worked great for a while but now taking only one at a time gives no noticeable effect, and two is quickly lessening as well. Also after taking it for a long while and stopping isn't pleasant | M | 21 | 1 years | 7/11/2002 | 4 | Ankylosing spondylitis | -Mild insomnia -Nausea if taken on an empty stomach | M | 34 | 2 years | 8/6/2002 | 3 | 2 bulging disc lumbar | Thought it is a placebo. Doesn't take all the pain away. Just takes the edge off. | F | 43 | 3 months | 8/6/2002 | 4 | chronic pain | SLIGHT itching. SLIGHT Nausea. | Aprroximately as effective a codeine, but doesn't produce the mental "cloudiness" nor constipation that codeine does. | 6 months | 11/21/2002 | 4 | chronic pain | SLIGHT itching. SLIGHT Nausea. | Aprroximately as effective a codeine, but doesn't produce the mental "cloudiness" nor constipation that codeine does. After abrupt discontinuation of high doses for as long as 21 days, I experienced no ill effects. | M | 40 | 6 months | 11/21/2002 | 4 | chronic back pain | onset itching which went away, dry mouth | I chose this drug over narcotics because I didn't want to walk around doped all day, it works quickly but it only takes the edge off of my pain. Uncomfortable withdrawl symptoms, don't want to run out and go cold turkey, need to taper off of the drug. | F | 35 | 10 months | 11/29/2002 | 1 | back spasms and pain | IMMEDIATELY I went into anaphalactic shock..... within 15 minutes of taking it. Cold sweats, turned white as a ghost, stomach pain, cramps, dizziness and almost fainted. Rushed to the doctors office and put on oxygen and given a shot of adrenaline I think. Horrible!!!!! While sitting in the doctors office, 3 other people had the same reaction. amazing.. | Add this to my list of allergic to meds. | F | 53 | 1 days | 12/10/2002 | 4 | back pain | sleeplessness; irritability | M | 43 | 3 years | 1/8/2003 | 5 | back/neck pain | M | 63 | 5 days | 1/18/2003 | 4 | | 1/23/2003 |
ULTRAM (TRAMADOL HYDROCHLORIDE): See also Warning section. This medication is used to help relieve moderate to moderately severe pain. Tramadol is similar to opioid (narcotic) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. FDA Approval Date: 1995-03-03 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)