ULTRAM Reviews (TRAMADOL HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.1 (554 Ratings)

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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)

  

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 1  Spinal Cord Injury - Chronic Pain SEIZURE ! I had a seizure attributed to an interaction between the Tramadol I had just started taking and the Lexapro I was taking. DO NOT TAKE TRAMADOL IF YOU ARE TAKING ANY SSRI MEDS!!! M 46 3 days
6/6/2009
 4  Herniated Disc Sypmtoms vary: Loopiness, weight loss, light headed, sweating. Works great as long as your body doesnt become use to taking it all the time. I would only take it when you really need. F 33 2 years
6/1/2009
 4  Herniated L5-S1 and damaged L5 I have been on Tramadol for 2 years. Someone seeking information on it should know: 1. It is not just a painkiller (opioid analgesic), it is also an SNRI - which causes the psychotropic effects (happy, good mood, etc) patients talk about. 2. You will likely build up tolerance quickly, causing you to take more than prescribed. 3. IT IS VERY ADDICTIVE. Unlike reports that it is less addictive than Vicodin, it is way more addictive. I am on both - I can do without Vicodin, not Tramadol. 4. Getting off the drug is hell. It takes a while and you need a gradual down dosing and a lot of space around you as you want to strangle people and you want to jump out your skin when you try to sleep. 5. It seems to seriously affect your eyesight at high doses as well as ear ringing. It does help the pain - it has been effective in that manner. It is also a great mood stabilizer. But proceed with caution. Only take this if you must and for chronic pain - go with Vicodin or Norco (less Acetaminophen) for short acute pain problems. M 40 2 years
6/1/2009
 5  Ovarian and Uterus Pain Severe eye twitching, sore eyes, blurry vision, frequent urination, sleepiness, nausea, strong libido. This medication seems very strong at first, but within four days I had to increase to two pills. I felt less pain, more relaxed, and overall in a way better mood. I'm usually pretty cranky with my depression but these pills make me very patient and kind to others lol. My libido is also through the roof, so that's good! I was using them for pain assoicated with my Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome. I find them to work just as well as some narcotics. The main complaint I have is with my eyes. I have a twitch under my left eye now that lasts for weeks after stopping the pills. My vision has also seemed to be permanently damaged from just a short time of taking the pills. I now need glasses---i don't think it's a coincidence! M 27 2 months
5/13/2009
 2  Rheumatoid Arthritis Nausea, mild headache in the a.m. It does not even take the edge off my severe and chronic arthritis pain. It does make me a little drowsy and I suffer from Insomnia and Anxiety but I have meds for those issues. I need it to STOP THE CHRONIC AND SEVERE PAIN. I can't barely walk on most days and my knees swell up and my hips feel like they are on fire from the arthritis. I walked hunched over b/c I can't strighten up b/c of the pain. I am 51 and feel like I am 81. The arthritis has deeply affected my life, I do not go anywhere, I have no social life and I am depressed. So this medication does nothing for me. I take 50 mg occassionally praying it will help. I just want some sort of relief. I am supposed to take 2xs daily but I do not. This is the second time I have been prescribed this medication and it did not help me then either. I love Celebrex however am not able to get it any longer. Insurance doesn't pay for it and my doctor no longer gets samples to give me. It was my miracle drug. I wish I could afford it at $150.00 per 30 with my bootleg health insurance from the State of Georgia. I have been in recovery for 23 yrs so I am always concerned about what the doctor prescribes me as not to become addicted to any narcotic. F 51 5 days
5/12/2009
 5  BPD Nothing My pdoc rx'd this for me, I thought it was rather odd at first but it helped alot with my BPD mood swings. I'm on a rather low dose, 150mg but it has nearly cured me! I no longer experience everyday anger fits or outbursts. It's helped alot to stabilze my mood swings and made them less frequent. Also, it has helped a great deal to control my self injury. F 18 3 months
5/7/2009
 4  Neck/throat pain None Taking 400mg/24hrs + solpadol and it just about holds back the pain. I dont care about withdrawal - I will happily deal with that once the pain has finally gone.I do worry about how high the dose will need to go when major surgery is undertaken F 62 65 days
5/7/2009
 5  Pain from major foot surgery Dry mouth,mild constipation,insomnia if taken too late in the day,hyperactivity,more POSITIVE emotional outlook.weight loss I have taken about 5 months worth of this,the Dr gave me vicodin after a 7 hr surgery on my foot. That crap didn't even work on me! The tramadol was a life saver though! Seriously lowered post op pain and its been a year and a half and I would take one when I was having a bad/sore day.Works wonders for the achiness! I did have the strange side effect of feeling "up" not necessarily high. But I loved being able to walk normally. im out and if I dont get more from my doc-I swear i'll buy it online. I even lost weight-which I needed to do anyways! Why buy dangerous diet pills when I can kill two birds with one stone? It made my appetite non existent and it made me more active in a pain free state! love it! Made me chatty like the other poster on here. Seriously-Im out and I will find a way to get more! At first I took it post op twice a day in 50mg dosage but made me wakeful at night and so after I could handle the evening pain, I only took in the AM. F 31 6 months
4/29/2009
 2  Rhabdomyolysis dizziness and general lost feeling 2 hours after taking. Insomnia does not work as well as narcotics doesnt really help with the pain M 15 1 months
4/15/2009
 1  migraines the drug seemed to help, but it took a while to take effect. it was not as fast acting as Vicodin. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! This drug has taken months off my life seriously. Last Spring I started taking this prescribed by my neurologist. I was on Zoloft which is a SSRI. I told him that I was having anxiety so he increased my Zoloft by 50mg while also giving me an extended release 200mg dose of Ultram. I had one week that I hardly remember and was truly manic. I went to a medical doctor, and he took me off it immediately which made me have worse symptoms. He tried putting me on different antidepressants for months, then off to a psychiatrist, and I was diagnosed bypolar and put on so many different drugs. I have now received a second opinion, and my new psychiatrist traces everything back to the ultram. Her exact words were "Never take ultram again". I have been off my psych meds for almost a month, and I feel like I have been in a nightmare. F 33 3 months
3/30/2009
 1  Back Pain due to 3 disc herniations Trouble waking up, constant pressure headaches, nausea, dry mouth, blurred vision, shallow breathing, cold sweats, tremors, clammy hands, trouble walking, sleepy, ringing in ears, dizziness I took one 100mg last night and i am definitely not taking another does of this drug! I feel as if i am going to die. I would not recommend this to anyone!!!! F 23 1 days
3/25/2009
 1  interstitial cystitis(bladder pain) depression, uncontrollable emotions, morning headaches, extreme difficulty waking If you go off this drug, you really should consider seeing a doctor to take something like Ativan for at least the first week to help in case of extreme anxiety and insomnia. Tramadol affects your serotonin (see Tramadol entry on Wikipedia) and can cause severe depression upon withdrawal like you've never imagined before. I was a wreck and would not have gotten through it without my family's support. Initially tramadol 100 mg 1/day helped immensely with my kidney and bladder pain and frequency. After several months, I began to become extremely emotional when the drug would wear off. I had to go off the drug entirely and went through at least a week of severe depression, hysteria, and anxiety. I tried Ultram ER 200 mg at the suggestion of my doctor, and I had moderate depression and spontaneous crying during the six months I took it. Eventually I had to go off it, and had the same horrible symptoms again. This time they lasted longer and I had to go on Lexapro for depression, which I am just getting off of three months later. I also had morning headaches and extreme difficulty waking up during much of the time I took the ER. F 30 16 months
3/22/2009
 5  cervical bulg discs & deg joint dis insomnia when taken after 3:00pm Tramadol is great. I'm also prescribed lortab 10mg x 3 p/day. Today i took 5 tramadol in a 10 hour period at work instead of the usual 2 lortab doses because i left them at home. Trams lasted way longer than lortabs do. I felt no withdrawal since ultram is a synthetic opiate/opioid. Its great with coffee too. Very SPEEDY. Took the pain away! I think i'll keep the lortab for bedtime since it makes me drowsy and keep the trams for daytime. If your looking for a high, you probably won't like these but if you need pain relief these may help. I also take with 1-2mg zanaflex. Together they blew lortab away! Can't sleep worth a sh*t if i take trams too late. Sincerely, Little Pharmer M 29 4 years
3/19/2009
 1  sciatic pain vomiting, severe headaches, itchy eyes, dizziness, lethargic. feeling stoned and generally unwell. constipation, loss of appetite, itchiness. This drug was diagnosed as a pain killer after my sciatica returned post op. It made me feel so poorly that i was scared to take any more-from what i have read it is quite addictive, my doctor gave me 7 boxes of tablets-they will be taken back tomorrow. I was unable to function properly after taking these drugs-if i had driven my car i feel it would have had serious consequences for myself and other road users.-stay away from these drugs. F 41 4 days
3/10/2009
 1  post surgical pain INSOMNIA- slept for maybe 2-3 hours a night in 30 min increments. Also extreme edginess and irritability. I'm surprised my husband stuck around I was such a bitch. It didn't do a lot for the pain either- I had major shoulder surgery & could take 6 of these things a day & it was like taking baby aspirin. F 42 6 months
3/7/2009
 1  back pain I felt horrible - depressed - negative thoughts It did not help my pain at all. Plus I had severe neck pain and had never had that before - even went to the ER b/c my neck was so stiff I couldn't move. I attribute this medication b/c it happened twice while I was taking it. I hate the way it messes with my mind. Would not take this! M 35 10 days
3/4/2009
 4  Chronic back/neck pain Same as with Vicodin - "high" feeling, muscle twitches, anxiety, seizure, weight loss, constipation Let me say up front that I abused this drug. It did help my pain initially but my tolerance built up. It is definitely addicting at least physically. I had the same withdrawal symptoms as I did when detoxing from Vicodin (chills, sweats, anxiety, etc.) which I was also addicted to. I thought Ultram was the answer as I did not want to take Vicodin anymore. However, I realized that if you take enough, you can get the same "high" feeling as with Vicodin. At one point I was taking up to about 2000 mg/day. At one point I took a bunch and had a seizure - right in front of my kids. Be careful with this drug especially if you have a history of drug abuse/dependency. F 40 6 months
3/3/2009
 4  chronic low back pain and RLS Insomia, constipation, headache, occasional palpitation. This drug can have different effects on people all because of our different biological make-up, so one should not think that just because this drug has had a bad effect on one person that it will be the same for another. I switched to this drug after taking vicodin for several months and was suffering from extreme constipation. I started taking ultram 50mg every day before bed time, and occasionally during the day when I'm in excruciating pain. After learning how my body reacts to it, I started taking it 3-hrs before bed time to avoid insomia, I also TRY to take it every other day so my body can have a break from constipation and to allow my body to go pooh every other day, as for the headache, I take ibuprophen. The slight palpitation happens very seldom and goes away after a few minutes. Bottom line is... this drug is good - it really helps with the pain, not habit forming (I can kick it off except for the fear of the back pain and insomia if I take it close to bed time). My on F 37 1 years
2/26/2009
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 3  Restless Leg Syndrome "pain" Mild all-over itching, constipation I took Tramadol for pain & found it somewhat relieved my nightly restless legs. I take 2x 50mg @ 9 PM, by 11 I can settle down but this is not absolute, it varies. I attribute varying degrees of success to sugar, caffeine, etc. RLS is a constant distress & mystery. Lately, the Tramadol hasn't been working very well, despite my dietary care. Also, if I have a pain before I take it, I still have that pain after I take it, such as headache or backache. I will be asking my doctor to switch me to something else, especially after reading these comments of withdrawal, although I don't anticipate a problem. But I'm still looking for a "cure" for RLS, and this drug is losing effectiveness. (I started with 1-50mg. and increased to 2.) F 50 1 years
2/23/2009
 2  rheumatoid arthritis Does pretty good for the pain, but it is difficult to sleep. I get very hungry and when I wake up in the moring I have the worse headache bordering on migraine. I only take it if the pain is so bad I don't have any other choice, because I know I will in turn get a migraine in the morning. Can't someone come out with a drug without all these stupid sideeffects, that can help me sleep at night and not hurt for once? F 46 6 months
2/21/2009

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