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 |
| 4 | neck injury; PCOS;myofacial pain | There is a definite "high"... mild constipation. Not one to jump off of. | I've been on this medicine for almost ten years. In reading the posts it's clear this drug has vast potential for good and evil, depending on each person's chemical make-up. Advice: start out slowly and see what happens, if this is suggested. Has always helped me with the pain, no doubt. | F | 33 | 9.5 years | 1/2/2009 | 1 | tendinitis | vomiting, sleepiness but can't sleep, dizzy, anxiety | This is the most horrible side effects I have ever had. This drug should be banned! | F | 40 | 5 days | 1/1/2009 | 5 | Migraine/Depression | On the good side: 50-150mg will knock out most migraines. Mild to moderate euphoria depending on dosage. Makes me chatty, which is great for an introvert who wished to be more extroverted. On the bad side: Unfortunately, mild-moderate withdrawal symptoms are a reality for 2-3 days. If you take too much to get rid of a headache you may end up very dizzy and sick. Itchiness for the first week or so. | I've dealt with depression for quite some time. After having it prescribed for migraines, I realized its anti-depressant qualities. At this point, it seems like the only drug that has ever been able to pull me out of my shell. Of the 5 years I've been taking it there have been multiple 6-10 month gaps where I didn't take any. During each interval my depression returned and did not subside. For those of you who may believe this drug causes depression I hope that you seek psychiatric help. In my experience, the depression is not caused by Tramadol...it is simply more apparent when you stop taking it. Most people ease out of depression while taking an anti-depressant and return with a vengeance when they stop. Only to ease out of it when trying a new medication. Overall, this is my "good responder" drug and it scares me to think most physicians refuse to accept its anti-depressant qualities. | M | 21 | 5 years | 12/31/2008 | 1 | fibromyalgia | It worked for pain & seemed to give me energy at first, but I built a tolerance quickly & needed more to get the same affect. I had horrible insomnia & a restless feeling all over my body when going off. My daughter took them for a year, same thing happened to her with needing to increase the dose. She got addicted. She has gone off & is suffering horrible withdrawal symptoms, such as agitation, depression, insomnia, and the runs, and thinking about the drug all the time-- just to name a few of the withdrawal horrors.... | IT IS A DRUG FROM THE PIT OF HELL! | F | 50 | 2 months | 12/29/2008 | 5 | Low Back Pain/Sciatica | Occasionally suffer mild dizziness, mild nausea, mild headache | This is the only medication that has helped my sciatica and low back pain. It works way better for me than Vicodin. I've taken it for almost a year now. I take 100 mg. as needed - usually twice a day. I haven't tried to go off it, so don't know about withdrawals. Occasionally it makes me feel a little dizzy, queasy, and headachy, but those symptoms are much better than the pain I have if I don't take it. I'm really thankful I have this medication. | F | 55 | 1 years | 12/20/2008 | 3 | arthritis in hips | At first a euphoric feeling that tapered off after a few weeks. Helps the pain a lot but I frequently feel disoriented and have a hard time concentrating. | I have a situation that I'm sure is not common and I've not read about it here. I found out by accident that I was physically addicted to this drug. Ran out and figured I'd be okay for a day or so. Thought I had the flu but was puzzled that I had no fever or sore throat. Had all the other awful symptoms though. Refilled my ultram and felt better almost immediately. Then did some research and found this message board. That was over a year ago. Got diagnosed with cancer 2 months ago. There are days when between the radiation, chemo and other meds I forget to take the ultram. Yet...no withdrawal symptoms. I am going to take this opportunity to try and taper my dose down and see if a lesser amount will still handle the pain. Anyone else ever heard of this? I have not been able to find any correlation between cancer treatment and ultram. As many of you are I am furious my doctor didn't warn me about the addiction. I am an 18 yr recovering alcoholic. I didn't need this. | F | 53 | 3 years | 12/17/2008 | 4 | spinal injury | Few side effects and what I have experienced are related to the combination of this drug with other medications. Pay attention to the possible interactions with OTC meds. | While everyone reacts differently to medication, this pain reliever has worked reasonably well for me without any serious drawbacks. It has certainly worked better and caused fewer side effects than comparable opiates. As for addiction, what I’ve seen among the users I know is that normal usage does not lead to addiction: abuse will (as with most prescription pain relievers). | M | 59 | 2 years | 12/12/2008 | 5 | neuropathy | I have no side effects at all. It works much better than standard narcotic pain medication. I have been taking the same dose for 3 years with no problems. | I have to laugh at all the comments of this being addictive.... I was a heroin addict 12 years ago, and this is nothing like being hooked on heroin. I guess some people can get addicted to anything | M | 37 | 3 years | 12/11/2008 | 3 | pinched nerve | Sleepiness, but couldn't sleep, light headed, horrorable itchiness, severe stomach cramps that were much like labor, vivid dreams. | F | 29 | 4 days | 12/5/2008 | 1 | Pulled Nerve Pain | A few hours after taking a 200mg pill I started getting dizzy. Then my feet started tingling followed by my hands tingling. Followed by blurred vision and impaired hearing. Started slightly shaking, then full on seizure ending up with me in the ER. | M | 35 | 1 times | 11/26/2008 | 4 | disc protrusion in lower back | Dry mouth,pressure(sinus)headache,teeth clenching,and slight feeling of being "high" | I take 50mg every 4 hrs. Usually 2x/daily. I have not had any adverse reactions that I cannot live with. Ultram is not as "good" for the pain as Percocet, but works better than an OTC pain medication. I can see how one could become addicted to this medication as it does take the pain away and nobody likes being in pain. | F | 35 | 1 months | 11/25/2008 | 4 | Chronic neuropathic pain MS related | Out of body feeling when I first started but now only some mild lethargy after multiple daily dosing. | A life saver for me as it is the only pain medication I have tried that has dampened my pain from MS damage to the point that I get about an hour with each dose that I am virtually pain free. I take four doses a day so that is 4 really good hours which is better than nothing! The other hours are tolerable as well and they wouldn't be without this drug! | F | 50 | 6.5 years | 11/25/2008 | 4 | back and shoulder pain | itchiness,irritable,sleepiness but i couldnt sleep, loss of appetite,fearful | A very good drug for pain, after a few days the side affects get easier to deal with. you have to take this drug with a sleep aid, i am also taking buspar 5.o mg, and it helps me sleep, without a sleep aid you cannot deal with this drug. | F | 31 | 5 days | 11/21/2008 | 5 | migraines, broken vertebrae | Cotton mouth, Euphoria, falling asleep every time I hold still even while standing up, VIVID TERRIBLE NIGHT TERRORS/NIGHTMARES, nausea | I have taken this for about a year for migraines. Couldn't take it on an empty stomach at all, or even right before food, because it made me vomit. No problems with withdrawals at that time; only took 50 mg a few times a month. Currently taking for pain due to broken vertebrae. Been addicted to several narcotics, so they are unacceptable for me. Now taking it with Reglan for the nausea and no problems. The only real problem I'm having is the nightmares with the increased dosage (50 mg every 4 hours). I continue to wake up sobbing and screaming, which I was prone to before but hadn't dont in years. Also wondering if this might be a latent effect of the accident that caused the broken vertebrae. It has increased my teeth grinding tremendously, but the side effects are worth the pain relief at this time, I think. Titration is the way to get off of any medication, anyway, and I've done it many times before, so not worried about withdrawals--they may suck but I'll get through them | F | 28 | 1 years | 11/16/2008 | 4 | Peripheral Neuropathy | I am still investigating them, which is why I came here. It does give cotton mouth (what doesn't?), and I am going off my drugs 1 at a time to determine which is making my heart race. 91bpm at 2am after lying still for 2 hours. My heart pounds so much it keeps me from sleeping-which is what the PN did! :) | I see all the negative comments here, and I would suggest to anyone considering it to build a relationship with your care provider that allows you both to trust each other. Try things in small doses, then move up as needed. I told my doctor that I hate drugs, and don't take any nerve/pain killers at the dentist. He was so intrigued that he referred me to the pain clinic in NH, CT, where I still see the chief of neurology-even after his promotion and offload of cases. Why? Because I took the time to give very accurate information to them, and tell them that I was looking for diagnoses, cures, and management of symptoms-in that order. I see a lot of complaints here about their Dr's, and with my work with many charities and family support, I guarantee I have more experience with this than most here: A lack of, or incorrect communication is the source of all your problems. Don't _want_ a better doctor; Become the patient someone _wants_ to help. | M | 48 | 5 years | 11/15/2008 | 1 | fibromyalgia and arthritis pain | I HAD A TERRIBLE RUNNING ITCH THAT YOU CANT SCRATCH AND CONTRACTIONS OF MANY MUSCLES INCLUDING STOMACH AND THIGH VERY UNCOMFORTQABLE, DIZZINESS AND BRAIN FOG | F | 48 | | 11/12/2008 | 1 | Spinal & Hip Pain | Within 90 minutes I was pale white, sweating, barely able to stand, shaking, extremely nauseous, exhausted, a headache far worse than the migraines I used to get, dizziness and very restless. All after a single 50mg dose of Tramadol. This has left me with a depressed feeling 4 days later that seems to come and go but almost to the point where I could just breakdown completely, I just hope this goes away soon as it is very unlike me. | I was changed to Tramadol despite requesting that I was not put on this medication. I first took it last Saturday after letting my previous medication clear from my system as advised by the doctor. I took a single 50mg dose instead of the 100mg I was prescribed as I wanted to be sure about it first and I am only glad I did. I took the first dose at 11.45am and by 1.15pm it had crippled me. I began to overheat and sweat and became confused, I was actually trying to get out the house and lay in the rain as I felt I was burning up but instead managed to make it to the lounge where I ended up on the sofa. It was then that the shaking started, I went completely white and clammy and became very restless and then started to get stomach cramps and felt very nauseous. About 2.15pm I started needing to toilet about every 30 minutes or so which was just watery, this continued on until Monday morning where it slowed down about 2 hour intervals and today Tuesday seems a little more controlled. Duri | M | 41 | 1 days | 11/4/2008 | 1 | elbow/ulner nerve surgery | Euphoria, spacy/high feeling, energy, wonderful feelings of happiness,and great pain relief..ON THE OTHER HAND please,read my comments | do NOT take this med. VERY highly addictive. I had an easier time stopping vicoden than I did with this med. I ended up in the ER two weeks ago, with a bad reaction after taking 100 mg. Weird because I've been on this med for months. I had alot of psychiatric symptoms...Intrusive thoughts(scary), could not focus or concentrate, felt like I was going out of my mind, I also felt like I couldn't catch my breath, SWEATING with freezing cold feeling. When I got to the ER my blood pressure was 220/115! The doctors at the ER could not confirm it was this med (believe it or not) but I know it was. They told me to stop the medication which I did, but 2 days later my withdrawal symptoms were unbearable! So I started again taking a half of a tablet. I wasn't even concerned about my post surgical pain anymore, I just wanted my withdrawal symptoms to go away! Believe me, the way I see it now, I'd rather deal with post surgical pain than deal with the pain of withdrawal trying to get off t | F | 39 | 4 months | 10/30/2008 | 4 | restless legs syndrom {RLS} | HARD TIME FALLING ASLEEP, HARD TO REACH ORGASM, SLIGHT HEAD ACHES, AT NIGHT EYES SENSITIVE TO TV LIGHT. MAKES ME WANT TO SMOKE MORE. | I HAVEN'T TAKEN THIS LONG AND ONLY TAKE ONE 200 MG ER EXTENDED RELEASE A DAY. I HAVE TAKEN PERCOCET FOR RLS FOR 4 YEARS AND FOR THE LAST YEAR IT WEARS OFF AT 2 AM AND 5AM. THE ULTRAM ALLOWS ME TO SLEEP RIGHT THROUGH.WHAT AMAZES ME IS PEOPLE WHO SAY TAKE THIS DRUG AWAY , ITS TERRIBLE AND SO ON. ALL OF US WHO USE OR NEED PAIN KILLERS, KNOW THAT EVERY DRUG IS DIFFERENT OR REACTS DIFFERENT IN EVERY INDIVIDUAL. I TRIED LYRICA FOR NERVE DAMAGE AND THOUGHT IT WAS TERRIBLE WITH SUICIDE THOUGHTS AND DIZZINESS, AND MOOD SWINGS THAT WERE BAD. HOWEVER THERE WERE ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO LYRICA GAVE THEM BACK A LIFE AND THAT OUT WEIGHS THE SIDE EFFECTS. SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE A DRUG STATE IT AND WHY AND REMEMBER THAT IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE ELSE'S SAVING GRACE. | M | 44 | 2 weeks | 10/29/2008 | 1 | ovary pain | bad tingling in feet,hands ,head and mouth to the point of almost passing out and this was only on the 2nd 50 mg pill in 12 hrs shortness of breath bad headache | F | 37 | 1 days | 10/23/2008 |