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 | Stress & pain | nausea, pain all over, insomnia, shaky, dissy, followed by extreme pain and heart rate. Felt like I was dying shaking like crazy. | doctors who think they know it all and Prescott such meds should be shot! This medicine is EXTREMELY BAD | F | 25 | 5 days 200mg 1X day | 6/24/2011 | 1 | Bad fall - back injury | Insomnia, difficulty urinationing, visual disturbances, muscle tremors, chills, anxiety, nausea, withdrawal symptoms when discontinuing | I would never recommend this drug to anyone. Although it did help with my pain, the side effects were far worse than anything I've ever experienced while taking Lortab or anything like that. My Doc prescribed this because it was non-narcotic. After 4 days and decreasing my dosage, I started to have dizzyness, imbalance and would feel like I was falling over to one side when walking. Chills, tremors, muscles were spasming all over my body - thought I was getting ready to go into convulsions. Had to get out of the shower before finished and have my 9 yr old call my parents to take me to the hospital. And this was after cutting down to 1/4 tablet taken just 4 x day. After discontinuing meds haven't had any more trouble, but won't ever take it again. Dr in ER room told me he was not "a big fan" of Ultram and prescribed something else for my fall/back injury. | F | 40 | 4 days 50mg 1X O | 6/24/2011 | 1 | Fibromyalgia "break-through" pain | "Drunken" feeling. Pain relief only lasts shortly, while drunken feeling lasts much longer. Hungover feeling in the morning. Headache! Intoletable nausea after a few hours of ingestion. Slight itching, (but not as much as the narcotic meds). I do not wish to continue. I'm hoping to find another option for breakthrough pain relief :/ | Immediate feelings of inebriation before any pain relief. When pain relief kicks in, the pain relief only lasts 6 hours. However, the initial inebriated feeling followed by an unreasonable tired & "hungover" feeling lasts about 15 hrs from initial ingestion. I realize that I have just barely started taking this & will probably build up a tolerance to the side effects, but may also build up a tolerance to the pain relief as well. I say any narcotic pain relief is better than this sh*t. I need to be able to parent my children in the morning & throughout the day. Feeling drink & hungover makes it difficult if not impossible. Very disappointed & nervous about asking my doc for a narcotic pain relief because I feel like there is a stigma regarding narcotics :/ | F | 30 | 2 weeks 50 3X W | 6/17/2011 | 5 | Moderate back pain | Euphoria, Pain Relief for 12+ hours, mild sweating, loss of appetite, takes longer to urinate than usual, energy boost | This has been a miracle drug for me. Not only does it offer back pain relief, it also alleviates my anxiety & depression symptoms that I've been experiencing for a number of years. My doctor recommended that I take this 3X a day but I really only take it as needed. Some days I don't need it at all. On really bad days, I'll take it twice, but that is rare. Highly recommended! | F | 30 | 30 days 50 mg 1X day | 6/13/2011 | 5 | arm and wrist pain | constipation as all pain meds offer. headaches. nice calm euphoria feeling. some sexual side effects. | I have been on it for 6 days so far. I like the euphoria effect. sometimes I get it sometimes I dont. I do feel better taken the meds. it does last a lot longer than the lorcets/tab/norcos. I usually have to take a bupap w/o caffine with half a tab to keep my heart from racing. the bupap is for anxiety migraine pain. its a combination drug so that works for me but its only two hours. tramadol last about 5. | F | 35 | 6 days 50 mg 1X day | 6/3/2011 | 1 | L4/L5 severe problems | Muscle spasms & tightness, watery eyes, insomnia, restlessness, headaches, frequent urination (every 2 hours 24/7/365), constipation, irritability/mood swings, loss of appetite... | Should be taken off the market! Too many side effects just to cure pain. Its just as addictive as natural opiates, so why was it invented? Will be getting switched to natural opiates, since I have to be addicted anyway. Will only suffer fuzziness and constipation, then. Will be going to pain specialist since my md its at a loss as to an alternative. How I don't know, but she is. | F | 70 | 2 years 100 3X day | 6/1/2011 | 1 | Cervicogenic Headaches | Constipation, sexual impotence, inability to urinate, hangover headaches, nausea and vomiting from the headache pain, muscle spasms, visual disturbances, rash, flu-like feelings (body aches, nausea, fatigue), lack of emotion | Worst. Drug. Ever. I have chronic, daily headaches, and was referred to a pain management physician as a stop-gap until my neurologist could get my insurance to approve botox injections in my neck to alleviate my headaches. Ultram worked so well at first. I felt great. But within a week, I felt like I had the flu and started to have random issues with my body. Peeing was a problem and I was constantly constipated. Last week, I woke up with "hangover" headaches, even though I haven't had alcohol in months. I vomited from the pain. These headaches were worse than the headaches I was prescribed the medication for in the first place. I was told it was non-addicting, but I missed a dose (after less than a month of taking it!) and had to go home from work. I immediately suffered major withdrawal. Depression, anxiety attacks, thoughts of suicide, headache. My doc said I could just quit, so I did...and I went through the worst 4 days of my life. I had to go the ER and get Xanax to deal with the panic attacks and no one could leave me by myself because I was suicidal. I was a sobbing, useless wreck. I have missed four days of work now and lost a perfectly good weekend because of this crap drug. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. IT IS NOT WORTH IT. And for those physicians (i.e. all physicians) who claim that it's not addictive--I beg to differ. I've never experienced anything this awful in my life. But it's gone now and I'm doing so much better. I just hope these pani | F | 31 | 30 days 50 2X day | 5/18/2011 | 5 | DDD,Scoliosis,Labral Tear Shoulder | Insomnia if taken after 4PM. | This is the best painkiller for mild to moderate pain in my opinion. I've been taking 1-2 50mg pills/day for 7 years. It gives me a speedy/antidepressant type feeling and takes away this nagging pain. They are cheap and you can buy them without prescription LEGALLY since they aren't a controlled drug. I wouldn't take more than 4 a day if I were you. They are addictive to some. I've been addicted to the big boys (fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine) but surprisingly, I take no more than 2 p/day. Good luck to all in pain! | M | 31 | 7 years 50-100mg 1X day | 5/10/2011 | 1 | For Energy | They made me feel great and gave me LOTS of energy, but I was addicted and getting them illegally | I'm trying to get off them now. Monday (4/18/11) was my first day officially without the drug. The first day wasn't bad really I was surprised. So far the main withdraw symptoms have been "skin crawling" feeling, runny nose and no sleep. Of course I'm more tired too so I'm back on energy drinks. Tuesday the "skin crawling" was getting so bad I went to my psych who prescribed me Clonidine (for opiate withdraw). It actually has helped. The first day I had to take 2 pills, yesterday I only took 1. So far today I haven't needed any....fingers crossed I won't. For the no sleep issue he prescribed me Temazepam (sleeping pills). Most of those types of pills make you extremely groggy in the am, but these don't. They've been a blessing for me. I'll keep you guys posted on my progress, hopefully someone else who's trying to get off will see that it is possible and with enough will power you can do it! | F | 26 | 1.5 years 50 mg 6X day | 4/20/2011 | 4 | degenerative disc & neck pain | little tired, sometimes I feel like it causes muscle soreness/stiffness, withdrawl, crabbiness | This definitely helped with the pain, however I've built up quite a tolerance for it. At first, 1-2 would work just fine, but after about 2 weeks I had to take at least 3 in order to get relief. Now it's 3 months later and 3 is not cutting it but I refuse to take more cuz I fear seizures (I've had friends that've had seizures from taking too many). | F | 37 | 3 months 150-200mg 2X day | 4/7/2011 | 1 | Nerve Pain | Headache | First time I took Ultram I felt euphoric for about 5 hours but no pain relief. The next day I felt like a bad hangover headache. Gave it a go for 6 more days and it was like I was taking a sugar pill, no relief what so ever. I started taking ibuprofen towards the end to help with the headaches from the Ultram. | M | 36 | 7 days 1 2X day | 3/18/2011 | 4 | lower back pain/pelvic misalignment | dry mouth, constipation, lightheadedness | helped with the lower back pain that was a result of pelvic misalignment. the pain wasn't completely gone, but it definitely help me manage it throughout the day. | F | 28 | 7 days 50mg 1X AN | 3/10/2011 | 5 | Chronic Fatigue | Energy! Why does this stuff put everyone else asleep but gives me energy and makes me feel great! | I started taking Ultram/Tremadol about a year and a half ago when a friend let me try 2 of hers because and it gave her energy. Well lets just say that's all it took for me, I was hooked! Now i've been ordering them on-line (no prescription) since and I can't function without them. The ultram really makes me feel so good, i'm finally awake, focused, my metabolism is faster, happy, positive, i could keep going. However with out it, i'm the complete opposite. I've recently gone to the doc to try and get off of it in fear of it harming me long term. He prescribed Nuvigil for the chronic fatigue, that did nothing to stimulate my mind, just made my heart race. I've tried red bull, 5 hr energy drinks, of course coffee and nothing works like the ultram does, they just don't stimulate my mind. Does anyone else have this reaction? doc told me only 3% of population has opposite reactions like this. Guess I'll keep taking it and just have to rely on it, don't want to stop and don't want to suffer the withdraws i've read they are horrible. | F | 26 | 1 years 50 mg 6X day | 3/4/2011 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Dry mouth, nausea, not sure if euphoria would be the word since there is no feeling of joy with it, but I can't think of another word to describe it, also antihistamine (?) | I actually started taking Ultram (Tramadol) twice. The first bottle I only took one or two and then stopped because of the dizziness and nausea. (I don't take any meds unless I am absolutely convinced the benefits outweigh the trouble.) Then a few months later, I tried again and found that it made a significant difference in how long I can sleep before waking up from pain. (5 or 6 hours as opposed to 2 hours) The odd thing is that I'm now allergic to my cat. (?) I found by coincidence that within an hour of taking Tramadol, the sneezing, coughing, watery eyes, etc. clears up and I'm fine. I'm wondering if the allergy developed because of the Tramadol, OR if it simply coincided with initiating the drug and the drug has this nice antihistamine side benefit? I have determined that if my current dosage is not enough, I will not up the dosage. It will have to be good enough, or I won't take it. | F | 50 | 1 years 50 MG 3X day | 1/29/2011 Patient History | 3 | Chronic Foot/Ankle Pain from Sprain | Nausea and Extreme Tiredness | Ultram worked well for the first month I took it because I was only taking one every day or every other day. However, when I started taking 2-3 Ultram every day, I started having horrible side effects. I felt so nauseas I couldn't even stand up and it made me so tired, sometimes I couldn't get out of bed. | F | 19 | 3 months 50 2X day | 1/23/2011 | 3 | Headaches | ITCHING, difficulty urinating, hot flashes | Helped with the headaches, but the side effects after only a few days I think outweigh the benefits. I found after only 2 days I was having withdrawal symptoms. I am currently weaning myself off, I don't want to suffer the symptoms. | F | 35 | 4 days 50mg 2X day | 1/15/2011 | 1 | Depression & Anxiety | severe constipation, sexual dysfunction, prolonged sleep(12-14hrs) | Tramadol is a unique drug. While it is technically not a narcotic, it does have narcotic effects by acting on Mu opioid receptors. It also is a SNRI (similar to effexor)in the way it increases serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibition. Tramadol is not a controlled substance and is often said to have a low potential for abuse and addiction. It helped me significantly for depression and anxiety but I quickly built up a tolerance and had to up the dosage and it eventually quit working. I have experienced horrendous withdrawals from it (for a week now...and it's still not over), both of the opiate type and SNRI discontinuation. I have been through withdrawal syndromes from the strongest opiate narcotics in existence (including heroin) and tramadol withdrawal is almost as bad and longer lasting as well. I'm not a health professional of any kind...I just want to warn people that tramadol is very addictive and carries a severe withdrawal syndrome making it extremely difficult to get off of. Avoid it if you can. | M | 23 | 1 years 3X day | 1/2/2011 | 1 | Back Pain | Sick! Dizzy! | This is poison! I am suffering horrible withdrawal only after a week of use. I stopped taking due to the way it made me feel, which was worse! | M | 43 | 7 days 50mg 4X day | 12/30/2010 | 5 | Spinal Nerve Damage "&" Ossteoperos | Constipation, nausea-headache (nausea can give me a headache, Ibuprofen often brings relief to both), slight dizziness, caffeine-like effect (speed). | Although Ultram is chemically an opioid, it's physical addictive nature is much lower to me than MS Conton and other opiates, as an example. Ultram can almost completely remove my pain for a few hours. Because my problem is 2 fold, I also take Neurontin for the nerve damage. Combining Ultram & Neurontin has changed my life for the better; so far. I was as good as dead before; could not get pain off my mind. I've learned that you really need to take as little as possible with any pain med. Tolerance is always a problem. The rewards can be great, but be very careful with any drug; paying attention to every change your body experiences, at the same time don't think about your problems all the time, they will be made worse from it. Don't forget that you have been wonderfully made! | M | 48 | 45 days 50 3X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | Cronic Back Pain | feelings of addiction after only 14 days and not taking it for two... | I dont think the drug Companies Awh sorry Pharmacutical Companies as they wish to be called aren't telling us the truth regarding Ultram Or Durotram ..I've been prescibed 200MG Once P/D after taking 4 to 8 Panadeine Fortes Parcmol 500MG /30 MG Codiene for last 14 years but the Tramadol doesn't work so I stopped and got feelings of dependance aftre not taking them for two days ,,funny I took one again in the last hour and Im feeling ok again even though Im still taking panadiene fortes ..Figure that one out .. Ive been feeling trembles,Euphoria and like Ive got the flu.. Thats side effects of comming off a drug of dependance, I did try Endone but didnt like it but didnt suffer any side effects after taking those for two weeks .. | M | 47 | 14 days 200Mg 1X day | 12/22/2010 |