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 |
| 1 | post-traumatic arthritis | Felt odd, detached, and very high. Much worse than real narcotics. Caused me to have asthma attacks. | Did not relieve any of my pain. After my second dose, I began to look forward to taking the medicine for the "serotonin high" which I took as a very bad sign b/c never felt this way about percocets, vicodons or darvocets. Quit taking after 4th day and threw rest of pills away. I have switched back to darvocet where there is no weird high and it relieves my pain. | F | 36 | 4 days | 5/14/2007 | 5 | pain, cramping, rls in legs/feet | I don't seem to be having any side effects. | It's not like taking Percocet or Vicodin. There is no high involved. That is why i switched to it, so I could get my life back and still be able to function and get a good nites sleep. I have been feeling rather hyper lately though, not sure if it's this or vitamin B. | F | 38 | 3 weeks | 5/12/2007 | 3 | upper back pain | Dizzeness, unable to achieve orgasm, happy, dramatic personality change, numbness, itcheness, Highly Highly addictive. | This is a great pain reliever. Just super addictive, and I swear I have not had a good orgasim in 10 months. It wires me like crazy, and people think I have multiple personalitys, one minute I want to be very peaceful with everyone, the next I hate everyone. When you forget a dose, you literally feel like death is knocking on your door. | F | 23 | 1 years | 4/30/2007 | 1 | low back problems | I experienced a feeling that I could accomplish almost anything. It stopped my depression an tiredness when getting up in the morning. It just made me feel different than I wanted to feel. | It is causing me pure hell right now. I am up and very ill. I have no more. I was taking about 30 pills a day. I just ran out and I am so nervous and ill I can't stand it. I am tired but i can't go to sleep. I feel like I just want to do something really bad. I know that I will never go off of it! I hate this drug; it has killed me! | F | 28 | 3 days | 4/30/2007 | 1 | PCOS pain | Itch, terrible itch. Nothing will reduce the symptom. | It sucks. | F | 32 | 1 days | 4/22/2007 | 4 | Carpal Tunnel | Dry mouth, sometime rash on face, Constipated | this med works good, helps me sleep, gives me more energy and has helped me lose weight. It does help with mood. I am sure that coming off of it can be a problem. | F | 2 years | 4/20/2007 | 1 | Migraine | OMGWTFBBQ. You should take this drug if you wish to potentiate your problems. I took a dose for a migraine and got to add dizzyness and incredible nausea to the mix. If this is what you are looking for then it is a miracle drug. | M | 32 | 2 times | 4/16/2007 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | If I take this medication every day, I develop a slightly upset stomach and diahrea. By taking it once a day, only 3 or 4 times a week, I don't feel sick from it. BUT I would like to be able to take the Ultram several times a day because it helps relieve the fibromyalgia pain. | If you decide to stop Ultram, talk to your doctor. If possible, it's best to wean yourself off of this drug slowly, or you will have some withdrawals. | F | 57 | 2 years | 4/13/2007 | 1 | Severe muscle spasms, migraines | SEVERE withdrawals-SEVERE | I have been "stuck" on this medication for 3 yrs. It is HIGHLY addictive and the withdrawals will make you feel like you are DYING!!!! DO NOT take this medicine! I am currently spending over $500 per month on a medically supervised detox from this nightmare of a drug. It should be banned!!!! | F | 33 | 3 years | 4/10/2007 | 4 | Long Thoracic Nerve/Wing Scapula | Inability to achieve orgasm, | Worked better than anything i've tried other than perocet and vicoden. Dulls the pain from a 7 to about a 1 or 2 | M | 21 | 10 days | 3/28/2007 | 4 | lower back pain | at lower doses, mild itching, alertness at higher does, constant itching although not unpleasant or irritating (probably because of the pain killing effect), vision problems, irritability | This medicine is probably the best pain medicine you can get, in my opinion. I have recurring lower back pain so I take it as needed when tylenol and ibuprofen don't work (they hardly ever do). Even at low doses this medicine cures my back pain. But if I have to take it for longer periods of time, I have to increase the dose because I find that tolerance develops fairly quickly. I feel that this medicine allows me to stay awake if I need to, but doesn't keep me up if I need to sleep. It doesn't make me drowsy, however it feels incredibly relaxing to lie down so sometimes if I lie down with no intention of sleeping it's hard to get back up. The negative side effects are itching although somehow it's not an irritating itching, yet sometimes I will wake up with a great deal of scratch marks on my back from having to scratch during sleep. Sometimes I would wake up multiple times in the middle of the night if I take it before sleep, but have no problem falling back to sleep, an | M | 46 | | 3/26/2007 | 4 | chronic severe back pain | There were the serotonin rushes associated with the drug, which is probably its most addictive effect, rather than any relation to the opioid family. I also got HORRIBLE hiccups very easily when taking tramadal (Ultram), especially upon standing after sitting or lying down, or if I ate bready foods. Sometimes constipation was a problem, but sometimes not. | Ultram was effective for me in higher doses than what was officially prescribed. At high doses is almost does the job of Vicodin, which is usually what it is replacing for patients so they don't become dependent on narcotics. Generally my experience has been good, and I'm glad there's something more strong that Advil or Tylenol that my doctor is willing to give me without labelling me a drug addict. | F | 26 | 6 months | 3/19/2007 | 4 | endometriosis and Bowel adhesions | Itching, irritablilty, mild nausea | This drug works very well for me. Before getting on Ultram, I had to live with almost unbearable pain. I couldn't even sleep, because I was unable to get comfortable. I spent countless nights pacing around the house. The Ultram has worked wonders for me. It doesn't take the pain completely away, but lessens it to a tolerable level. Admittedly, sometimes I do take more than the prescribed dose at once, but never more than the daily allowance. As a nurse, I do see many patients who don't like this drug because it is not a narcotic and does not have the typical euphoria associated with those drugs. But for those with real pain, yes it really does help. | F | 25 | 4 months | 3/19/2007 | 3 | migranes | intense itchiness, loopiness, "high" feeling, pleasantly relaxed/tingly feeling in neck and shoulders | As far as killing pain, it worked fabulously, but the itchiness kept me awake and after a while I had to take max dosage, which caused me to have anxiety and trouble breathing. Great for short term pain releif, but not recommended for long-term. | F | 32 | 3 months | 3/5/2007 | 1 | pain from cyst in ovary | Night sweats, severe body aches, personality changes, flu-like symptoms, constipation. MAJOR withdrawal symptoms - basically like the drug's usual side effects for me, but more intense and prolonged. Getting off of this was pure hell. | This is the worst medicine ever. I had no idea I wouldn't be able to get off this drug. After only a couple weeks taking it, I wanted to stop, but I told my husband that taking more ultram was the only thing that relieved the pain. If only I'd figured out that it meant I was dependent on it, but of course my doc said that was impossible with this med! What a lie. The pain relief this drug offers is NOT worth the side effects and the withdrawals it causes. | F | 33 | 3 months | 3/5/2007 | 1 | cervical stenosis (neck pain) | Didn't reduce pain at all, gave me the weird mental effects of being depressed, fearful and teary, nausea, urinary retention - in the 15 hrs since I took it I've only peed about 1/2 cup urine even though I'm drinking as much water as I can with the nausea, freaky, scary feeling in head like I'm not in reality. I cannot wait for this drug to get out of my system and I will NEVER EVER take it again. Beware...it is NOT like any other pain med I've ever taken. I only took 37.5 mg one time. | F | 51 | 1 days | 2/28/2007 | 5 | Bulging disk, Interstitial Cystitis | Too large a dose makes it difficult to sleep. Take with food. | I have been taking Ultram (tramadol) for about 8 years now. My doctor recommended I try it to avoid back surgery. It also has helped a lot with the IC. It doesn't completely remove the pain, but it makes it bearable. I have taken as many as 8 of the 50 mg tablets per day. At that higher level, I experienced mild confusion and difficulty concentrating. Currently, I'm taking 4 per day unless the pain is especially bad at night. Then I take 1.5 (75mg total) so that I can sleep. If I take 100 mg, I can't get to sleep at all. I decided once to switch off of tramadol to hydrocodone. I experienced withdrawal symptoms so I tapered off slowly over the period of a week or so and I was fine. This drug has enabled me to function and keep working. | M | 60 | 8 years | 2/21/2007 | 3 | Myofascial Pain | Mild nausea, severe loss of apetite, euphoria lasting for 1-2 hours after taking drug, itching on arms and legs, dry mouth. When going without ultram in between refills or just getting off of it long-term, severe anxiety, irritability, hypersensitivity - all similar to "hangover" effects after a night of heavy drinking | M | 34 | 5 months | 2/20/2007 | 5 | Lower back surgery | Dry mouth, slight itchy feeling, mood elevation, light jittery feeling when trying to fall asleep | I consider this medicine a wonder drug! After taking about every NSAID made and a few light opiates, my DR gave me a sample of Ultracet in 2005. It always works for me, but you can only take it for a few days or so. It's very effective when you go a few days between doses. This drug has saved me many trips to the ER! | M | 42 | 18 months | 2/11/2007 | 3 | Arthritic pain | High blood pressure, constipation, vision changes, sleep too much, loss of motivation, total loss of libido. | I've been on 200mg a day (400mg on a bad day) of Ultram for around 5 yrs due to general arthritic joint pain & am now much more aware of its downside. It can have a slight mood enhancing effect but this can lead to people taking it for this and the way it raises blood pressure could be dangerous in older people. I only realised the downside of the drug after stopping taking it. Once through the unpleasant withdrawal period I realised how I had been in a drug haze, even though relatively mild, for the years I had been on it & regaining my old acuity of mind was great. Taken for arthritis it can actually increase pain levels because you tend to sleep longer than normal. Nevertheless it can be a Godsend if used sensibly & having regular breaks from it. | M | 54 | 5 years | 2/9/2007 |