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 |
| 5 | muscle pain diagnosis unknown | no unfavorable side effects | Recommended to take every 4-6 hrs. I forget to take when I don't have pain cause it's working. Does take @ 2hrs to kick in so if you don't want pain to come back then do the 4 hrs. I find non addicting. At first gave me happy euphoria effect where it made me feel warm and tingly, but now just takes the edge off. Like a cup of coffee (perk up) and a couple of sips of wine (life's good). Can make me a little chatty cause it makes me happy and makes the pain bearable. I think would be good for depression as someone else stated. Upon lots of online research no bad residual effects on your body. | F | 43 | 5 months 50 mg 1X day | 2/23/2010 | 5 | cervical/thoracic disc herniations | insomnia; only if I take the medication 4-6 hrs before bedtime | It works. Mild withdrawal of restless leg symptoms sometimes if I miss my afternoon dose. I don't think people need the higher doses that are prescribed and result in more side-effects. Only take what you need, which may be less than what the doctor prescribes. I have serious spine issues which means my life is better with mild exercise, keeping my weight down and doing my physical therapy at home. There is no one "MIRACLE CURE" for any of us with chronic pain. You need to take responsibility to find your own individual plan. I work full-time and have an active life because I choose it. Ultram is just a small part. Chronic pain will NOT kill you, only heart disease and cancer will do that....... | F | 41 | 2 years 35mg 2X day | 2/20/2010 | 4 | Chronic Pancreatitus | Energy, occasional headache, constipation. | Please make sure you and your doctor know what you are getting into before starting this drug. My doc thought it was every answer to a nacotic. It is no different. Yes it is a pain killer, and one benefits from no overdosing of acetametaphin. However, IT IS ADDICTIVE. I will be trying for the third time to stop taking it. PS. I came off a much heavier drug bymyself and it was easier than this! | F | 36 | 2 years 100mg 4X day | 2/16/2010 | 3 | Severe osteoarthritis (hip) | Constipation; mild euphoria; drowsiness. | Pain relief is noticeable, but somewhat disappointing. I take it to be able to play golf; usually end up taking a second dose in mid-round (about four hours after first). Second dose is fairly fast-acting (30 minutes). | M | 69 | 30 days 50 MG 1X day | 2/4/2010 | 1 | chronic back pain | terrible headache, blurry vision, extreme fatigue, nausea, cold sweats etc.... | this is by far the worst medicine i have ever taken!!!!! I FEEL HORRIBLE!!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!! | M | 23 | 2 days | 1/28/2010 | 4 | chronic back pain | I am dealing with menopausal problems, spec: hot flashes. Noticed intense hot flashes after taking Tramadol...anyone else experiencing this? Quit Premarin a month ago and expected to have problems with this, but noticing it coinciding with ingesting this medication. Hmmm? | Works well for back pain...concerned about coming off this medication after the things I have read. I have experienced a restless legs type problem with not taking the med. Not quite ready for the withdrawal process, but if this is responsible for the hot flashes I'm induring, then I will consider gradually stopping. | F | 51 | 2 years | 1/23/2010 | 2 | chronic arm pain | energy | Incredibly difficult to taper off. I have been trying to taper off for four months and can only drop half a pill every month. Any faster I go through pretty dramatic withdrawal. | M | 35 | 6 months | 1/21/2010 | 4 | fibro | helped relax my nerve pain, but never totally relieves it. I have children so it is a bettre choice for me to have a little pain and be able to function, than to take something stonger and not be able to care for my children. But the worst thing for m I guess it that the pain never really goes away it is just more dull. | When I went back to the dr. for a refill she wouldnt give me the tramadol anymore she said there is a 'better' drug for fibro pain now! Her choice was Lyrica. Now I can't function at all I feel 'high' and my pain is so servers I'm contiplating going to the E.R. | F | 30 | 2 years | 1/18/2010 | 5 | lumbar spinal damage following MVA | Euphoria | Ultram/Tramadol is a wonderful drug. It affords one the luxury of a strong painkiller without a high dose of acetominophen/ tylenol. I have taken a multitude of pain killers: vicodin,lortab, percocet, lyrica,darvocet, etc. Without a doubt, ultram is the best. | F | 28 | 3 years | 1/14/2010 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Headache | I was suffering from tension in my neck and shoulders from fibromyalgia. My husband takes Tramadol and has no side effects whatsoever. I tried half a pill. The pain relief was great but I had a horrible headache after about 8 hours. I thought maybe it was from something else so I tried it again. The same results happened. I will never take it again. | F | 47 | 2 days | 1/14/2010 | 2 | fractured ribs | sever insomnia, weird/ uncomfortable feeling of being hollow or weightlessness (hard to describe), not wanting to sit or stand (felt less odd when lying down), inability to achieve orgasm | This medicine did NOT agree with my system. I would try to go to sleep, but it didn't really happen for like three days. I would just lie in bed with my eyes closed praying to fall asleep. Then, of course, the next thing I knew the sun was coming up. I would be wide awake in bed and throughout the day all I wanted to do was lie down to keep from feeling like I wasn't in my own body. I quit taking Ultram after I realized I wasn't able to orgasm. I tried doing so in efforts to fall asleep, which usually worked well. HA So it was either A. suffer from the crappy side effects of Ultram or B. suffer from the pain of 3 fractured ribs. I opted for option C. and went back to my doctor and told him what he gave me wasn't working. So, I got my prescription for Lortabs and lived comfortably for the next few weeks until my ribs healed. As long as you don't have an addictive personality, they are a God send. Ultram SUCKS. | M | 27 | 3.5 days | 1/9/2010 | 4 | Chronic back pain | The worst side effect is the inability to orgasm with any dose. | I am surprised there are so few comments about sexual problems with this drug. Am I alone or are others just hesitant to admit it? As a pain killer it is good. It doesn't produce a high and doesn't totally relieve the pain but it alows life to go on. Rather than increase the dose I sometimes need 50 mg of demerol in the evening to reduce the pain enough to sleep with a mild sleep aid. The only real side effect for me in going off this drug for about a week was a return of my pain. The sexual complaint was gone but I was miserable with the pain. I would like to know if others have the problem I have mentioned and what they do about it. | M | 63 | 3 years | 1/6/2010 | 4 | chronic back pain, fibromyalga | When taken in doses exceeding recommended dose I experience some hesitancy in speech. | I have used this drug for over ten years. I took it to get off of taking daily narcotics. To that degree it worked OK. I experience no "high" from the drug and never did. It does cause some constipation. My problem is that it no longer keeps me mobile unless I take huge quantities (500 mg). If I take 10 pills before I leave my home I can sometimes keep up with my husband in the shopping mall or grocery store. Just spent two months in Europe doing all the tourist things, only about five times more slowly. On days when I do not expect to be physically active I do not take Ultram at all. I experience no withdrawal. I generally try to manage on 800 mg of Motrin and save Ultram for times I need to be active with my family. Have no idea what this abusive behavior of this drug may be doing to me, but it keeps my marriage and family working. | F | 65 | 12 years | 1/3/2010 | 3 | taking for 4 buldging disks | euphoric feeling didnt get a tolerance as fast as any other pain medications (vicodin norco even percocet) it seemed to last alot longer but be less intense. | tramadol is a great drug i have been on it for 3 years now. i was involved in a car accident leaving me with 4 buldging disks and a pinched nerve. taken at a 150 mg does 3 50mg tabs would help the pain. the reason why you feel high when you take these is because of the reuptake in serotonin and dopamine. these are your happy chemicals in your brain. actually ppl with adhd and add get benifet. like many adhd pills like riddlin if effects the dopamine nuerotransmitter in the brain. although tramadol does not effect dopamine as much as ritalin or adderal.. this can put you in a steady positive and also energizing mood for hours . the pain might be there but its a mood boosting drug. it has helped me live more comfortable in my life and doesnt containe any acetiminophen. i dont wanna ulcer this is a good drug! better for you than any narcotic. | M | 19 | 3 years | 12/26/2009 | 5 | arthritis | absolutely no side-effects. | My Dad hallucinated on it (shoulder bone-on-bone pain.) | F | 57 | 10 years | 12/21/2009 | 2 | Pain | Ichiness, nausea, inability to urinate | I actually jumped into a hot shower last night just to see if that would help so I could urinate. And when I got into the shower I could see all the welts from scratching so much. Also nausea. | F | 45 | 5 days | 12/21/2009 | 4 | off label for anxiety & depression | CONSTIPATION, DIZZINESS, insomnia, confusion, difficulty urinating, sexual side effects. | Tramadol is a really good medicine for anxiety and depression. SSRI's never worked for me, but tramadol is great. It has side effects buy they are bearable. Constipation has been the most bothersome side effect, but taking fiber/stool softener helps. I also suffer from frequent lower back pain and tramadol is an excellent pain reliever. Tramadol has really increased my energy as well. More doctors should be prescribing this med for depression and anxiety because traditional anti-depressants don't work for a lot of people. The first few weeks in taking tramadol, it made me feel very euphoric, but that faded to a degree. There is a withdrawal syndrome in abruptly stopping tramadol. It is an opiate type withdrawal, but other withdrawal symptoms similar to stopping an SSRI are also present because of tramadols effects on serotonin and norepinephrine. However, it is a relatively mild withdrawal. Though Tramadol has a similar mechanism to narcotic analgesics, it is not a narcotic and not a controlled substance and is available with a regular Rx. If anyone has any questions, feel free to email me. | M | 23 | 5 months | 12/20/2009 | 5 | severe arthritis in both knees | a little queasy at first but quickly went away | I have never had any "high" feeling like some of the others. My knees are so bad that at 44 I had to have a total knee replacement on the left one. The right will be done in the next year. W/o this drug, I could not work. My job is in retail and I stand on my feet for 50 hours a week. I take 2 50 mg tablets in the am and it usually lasts me all day. If I have to work a 12-15 hour shift I take 1 more pill about 8-9 hours after the 1st one. It litterally means the difference between me walking and being in a wheelchair. The other symptoms people have felt (high, dizzy, itchy, loss of concentration ,etc) I have never had. My knee pain was so bad at 1 point that I was taking several darvocets or lortabs a day w/lots of side effects. UltramER is a godsend to me. | F | 45 | 2 years | 12/14/2009 | 2 | moderate lower back pain | NONE | I took it not even for 1 month before I had to get something else so I could tolerate my lower back pain. I have 3 protruding/extruding disks (one appearing to protrude/extrude into my spinal cord), congenital stenosis of the spinal cord, and severe central stenosis of my lower back. And this medicine doesn't even touch the pain that I feel from all these problems. | F | 22 | 7 months | 12/13/2009 | 2 | Spinal Tumor Pain | Heart palpitations at night when I tried to sleep. Itcheyness. Thirsty. Mild Twitching. | I have tried every Narcotic for my Spinal Tumor Pain and nothing works and the side effects are always the same. Heart Palpitations , Twitching and Jerking , Itcheyness , Thirsty , Sweating. | M | 57 | 2 weeks | 12/6/2009 |