NUCYNTA Reviews (TAPENTADOL HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.7 (148 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NUCYNTA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NUCYNTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Degenerative Bone | Took Nucynta ER @ 8 PM. went to bed. Got up next morning and had not feelt this good in a long time. ( (Doctor had reduced me to 1 pill a day). I drank a lot of coffee that morning and had some enroute to work 40 miles away. Little over half way As I was driving I must have been in a trance as I did not remember anything for last 10 miles when I was stopped by Deputies and charged with DUI. (I do not drink what-so-ever). Found ater toxicology report finished 9 months later by the state that I was twice over legal limit to be in a vehicle, especially driving. Advice to all who take this MEDICATION. Dont take this medication and drive or drink coffee. Side effects are massive. This could have killed me instantly. | M | 54 | 9 days 100 | 2/11/2013 | 1 | lower back pain; degenerative disk | Dr. prescribed one Nucynta 75 mg every 4-6 hours. Immediatley started having upset stomach. First three days, could not wake up or get out of bed for hours. At work, felt zoned-out, dizzy, tired. Had persistent headaches; felt bloated, nauseous. Pain continued to be dull, persistent. Felt depressed;began having respiratory problems. A major side effect is respiratory illness/disease. Had trouble sleeping b/c of persistent pain; trouble concentrating. Cramps, night sweats ensued. Had the squirts, but never had a good bowel movement. Could not take my amitriptyline, so was difficult to sleep; watched movies until dawn the first few days. No hallucinations, euphoria. Had short term memory loss; could not remember things: why I was returning some customers phone calls or remembering who I was speaking to. (Very bad for business!) Was confused and frustrated, and had consistent, dull pain. Had tremors when typing/writing. Since complaining, prescription nurse thinks I am crazy and do | My RPh. advised me that Nucynta works differently than other pain narcotics. Did not quite understand but I got the impression that it tricks your brain into blocking/receiving pain from your nerves. I tried to research "How Does Nucynta Work?" on-line. I discovered that experts do not know why/how it actually works. I told about the new medication and that I was feeling weird. She told me about the "Ask a Patient" website, and I was appalled at what I discovered. Apparently, my pain specialist does not know about the side effects either because when I called to advise him of what was going on, his prescription nurse called me back and told me that my doctor thought I had a stomach virus and that I needed to make an appointment with my primary care physician. Now, my pain specialist has done wonders for me in the past so I am not trying to knock him, but I really think that the pharmaceutical companies get their representatives out there and sell doctors all over the country that this med or that is the "best thing since sliced bread." My pharmacist has been my family pharmacist since I was a teenager. And he keeps up with the times. He has an app on his smart phone that can notify him of any possible interactions with other meds I am taking. In this case, I was advised that I could not take amitriptyline (an anti-depressant also used in low doses to treat sleep disorders) which this same physician had prescribed to help me get to sleep | M | 53 | 8 days 75 6X day | 2/10/2013 | 3 | Chronic back pain (all messed up) | MIld upset stomach for the first few days...Results of medication is moderate relief. | started on 75mg 3 times daily and was recently upgraded to 200mg ER. Taking for Buldging and herneated disks with spinal cord impengement, degenerative disk disease with less than 40% of disk height left, T-9 compression fracture, and early onset of scheurmans (i think thats how you spell it) disease (hunch-back). | M | 34 | 3 months 200mg 2X day | 1/19/2013 | 5 | buldging disc, arthritis,scoliosis | Mild hallucinations, drowsiness, .. Very satisfied with this medication. Although pain medication works for some and not others I would ask anyone to at least try it once as prescribed..... | F | 39 | 4 months 100 mg | 12/13/2012 | 1 | Back pain | Headace upset with nausea rapid heartbeat no pain relief what a stupid drug. Useless ! | M | 31 | 4 days 50 | 11/3/2012 | 1 | severe chronic nerve pain in back | hallucinations, severe depression, easily agitated and angered, problem urinating, panic attacks, problems breathing, actually increased the nerve pain 6 hours after pill was taken, severe withdrawal if not taken before 6th hour. | Would NEVER take again! Would NOT suggest any one take this! Have told my entire family and friends NEVER to allow their doctor to prescribe it for them! SEVERE DEPRESSION, PANIC ATTACKS, HALLUCINATIONS, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS! | F | 46 | 12 months 100 mg 5X day | 10/1/2012 | 1 | Chronic pain - IC and Endometriosis | WOW! Have had to try lots of narcotics, etc. and this one takes the cake. Started off first night with hallucinations in bed and grabbed onto my husband. Woke up extremely depressed out of no where in morning and hung over. Took another morning dose and suicidal ideation came on. Zombie, zoning out, no motivation, blood pressure dropped to not being able to get up. Icing on the cake? A psychotic break from reality that I only have a history of happening ONCE after PTSD from long hospital stay in combination with one other drug. I hate posting, in part because if this drug helps others I don't want to scare or sway you from trying it. Just be cautious and be with a loved one the first time to see how it effects you. Seems split down the middle 50/50. Love it or hate it. Just wanted to tell my story so if same happens to you, you know you aren't "crazy". | F | 29 | 3 days 25-50 | 9/28/2012 | 5 | progressive pain | Euphoric feeling.I started at 50mgs3xevery day.felt better but needed more relief moved up to 100mgs3xd wonderfuly painfree for about 2 hours out of every dose and took about 1hour and1/2for it to kick in.trying to get around the clock relief doc has me on 200mgER 2xd.first day taking it and absolutly feel no pain relief what so ever as if i didnt take anything at all.I did deal with a few headaches in the begining and with strengh increases.But as far as pain relief A+ able to be phsicaly active again first time in years.extended relief no help at all. | F | 35 | 6 months 100mg3xd | 8/15/2012 | 5 | Chronic Pain (Tietze Syndrome) | Headaches about the first 2 weeks, slightly sleepy, calm (not really euphoria, but this is not "bad") | F | 26 | 1 months 75 mg | 8/12/2012 | 1 | Severe muscle cramps | Within 30 minutes it took effect. I had severe dizziness and it increased the muscle cramps that would come in jolts of excruciating stabbing pains. It soon gave me severe hallucinations of bugs crawling everywhere and creatures on floor grabbing at me and shadowy figures watching me. Whenever the pain would subside and my breathing would calm down I'd see something that wasn't there and I'd get so scared I'd have a panic attack and I couldn't close my eyes because then the room would spin. | F | 25 | 1 days 75 | 8/9/2012 | 4 | Degenerative disc disease | Nausea/ Vomiting Flushed skin Overheating | Despite the side effects this medication has helped a lot. I take it every 6 hours as needed. I noticed it only lasts me 4 hours but I was able to come off Oxycontin and OXYCODONE to this and I believe its better for my pain. I will be switching to the ER soon. | F | 38 | 45 days 75 4X day | 8/7/2012 | 4 | Very bad back | Night Sweats (Bearable), LOTS of vivid dreams at night, sleepy/dizzy first few days, Feeling a bit off sometimes | Overall, I have several problems in my back (Herniated Discs, Degenerative disc disease, Arthrosis, etc.). I found that the medecine doesn't help with the back pain, though it does tone down the other pains related to my condition (pain in legs and hip.) It helps a LOT to sleep at night, I sleep like a bbay even though I have VERY vivid dreams in the morning... Also some night sweats, but hey... At least, I get more than the 2 hours of sleep on an eight hours period I used to get! | F | 22 | 3 months 100 2X day | 7/21/2012 | 3 | Degenerative Disc Disease | Very sleepy, spacey, just not there its like my mind is somewhere else, feel like i cant function but i dont know if i just have to get used to it, also for some reason it has lessened my sex drive, not sure if this medicine is good for me or not. maybe i just have to get used to it? | This medicine has pros and cons but i dont if the pros out way the cons or not. I guess we will see in a couple days. | M | 22 | 2 days 100mg 2X day | 7/15/2012 | 4 | Chronic pain | Started takin 75 mg 5 weeks ago 2x a day, first couple days it upset my stomach and i was a lil spacey.after that i could tell that my pain had lessoned some but after 8 to 10 hrs of waitressing i was still in pain. Seen dr. last week, he prescribed 100 mg 4x a day, then i had to wait until yesterday for my pharmacy to get it in, due to the fact that its new. so this is day two of the higher dosage, and i..feel wonderful. I have never been treated for my chronic pain, and Ive hurt for yrs. dont like meds, remember my grandmother taking so many, and i have avoided drs for yrs. so after yrs of not having a family dr. i finally broke down due to high blood pressure and go see dr. He has promised to make me a new woman..other then the availability of it at my local pharmacy (which is now taken care of) and the 5 days that i had to go without it (cause my pain seemed twice as bad)..i have no complaints. its working for me | F | 42 | 60 days 100 mg 4X day | 6/14/2012 | 4 | Failed back | Constipation | M | 58 | 4 years 100 mg | 6/13/2012 | 2 | Spinal Compression pain | Spaced out, can't sleep, vivid dreams and not sure why the Doc wanted me on an ER med and not a fast acting one! | M | 44 | 5 days 100 2X day | 5/19/2012 | 4 | Pain Management for Back/Feet | Slight dizziness and euphoria; otherwise, no side effects for me. | I love this medication. It didn't take the pain away 100%, but it did a much better job than Norco or Percocet. I take this every 4 hours throughout the day with 5 mg Percocet as needed for any severe breakthrough pain. It's fantastic. I waited a day before driving on it, but now I can function fully on it with no problems. I would recommend this in place of Norco or Vicodin for long term relief. | F | 40 | 2 weeks 100mg 3X day | 5/14/2012 | 1 | Hip and leg pain | I took one tablet at night & my heart was racing & I was dizzy. After @2 hours I felt better. I took another tablet the next night and I started vomiting then when I stood up I got very dizzy. My heart started racing so hard it felt like knocking & all I could think is this stuff is going to kill me. I had to wake up my husband and have him sit with me in case I needed to go to the hospital. After about 3 hours of cold sweats, dizzy, blurred vision and my limbs felt so heavy, I finally fell asleep. I will never take this again! I understand we all react in different ways to medication, but I prefer percocet over this. | F | 30 | 2 days 100mgx1 | 5/6/2012 | 5 | Interarticularis Pars Defect (LBP) | Occasional Constipation. Sometimes euphoria (But I think that is more from being happy that I can actually function without pain for a while) | Works great for me. I'm actually taking a 100mg ER in the morning and then 2 75mg for breakthrough pain. Some days I don't take the full dosage if not needed so they are not very addictive in my book. I've been prescribed Talwin and Tramadol in the past. Nucynta has worked the best for me. | M | 39 | 1.5 years 75 MG 3X day | 4/30/2012 | 1 | severe knee pain,knee replacement u | severe numbness over entire body | Horrible Drug, I will never let another Dr. do this to me,EVER!!!!! | F | 57 | 3 weeks 200mg 4X day | 4/10/2012 |