User Reviews for Tramadol

TYLENOL ARTHRITIS MORE EFFECTIVE. VERY DIDAPPOINTED WITH THIS DRUG

Dr. Rx'd this after eye surgery & said, "Go home & take this med. Lie down w/yr head propped up & get some R&R for a few days so you can properly heal." After taking this med, my eyes were wide awake, my heart started racing, I felt extremely agitated & I could not relax AT ALL. I tried it again the next day jic it was a fluke. Same thing. Flushed this bottle of meds down the toilet. No pain relief or relaxation on this med. Ortho Dr. Rx'd it last month for nerve pain from herniated discs. I declined the offer.Read More Read Less

Seems to work well on the pain if I am up moving about but at rest in bed at night it doesn't seem to decrease it at all.

Took Tramadol 7 years ago and caused headaches and some itching. I recently went off a low dose of hydrocodone/tylenol ( 5/325 twice daily) that I had been on for 6 months following extensive surgery to repair upper fibula/tibia joint. No head aches or itching thus far taking the Tramadol 50 mg twice daily. I have heard the withdrawal stories but believe some are more susceptible than others! And everyone is different. Tramadol is definitely not an immediate substitute for real opiate pain relievers. Doc wanted me off hydrocodone for two weeks before starting tram!adol! After going off Hrydrocodone I did experience some discomfort for a week.....unexpectedly because I had been on 4 times that amount for four years.... a few years before the "opiate hysteria era" started and tapered off without discomfort. Docs prefer to use Tramadol (schedule III) which can be written with refills vs Hydrocodone even if warranted due to no refill thanks to now being schedule II. So far Tramadol's only side effect is a little dry mouth and some slight drowsiness! Pain relief is about 50% of a 5/325 hydrocodone.....but that's better than nothing and good enough for full function.!!Read More Read Less

Can sometimes completely take away a bad migraine, in my case. Also helps some with other joint/back pain, but I try not to use it more than once a week.

This drug caused severe headache after taking it. stopped using it.

I have always had a high tolerance to pain meds. Since the drug laws have changed it has been very hard to get a pain med prescribed that will do anything for the pain. May as well take a baby aspirin and just tolerate the pain.

no work at all

I have been on Tramadol now for roughly 5 months due to chronic pain related to compressed & degenerative lumbar disc, muscle aches, arthritis in my neck and a bad knee. Was prescribed 4 per day and has provided no relief at all. Recently increased the dosage on my own and didn't get any relief until I took 4 at a time. I know that is not good but I wanted to see what it would take to get relief from my pain. Returning to the doctor next week to report results and see what else they want to try. I also tried this with 200mg of Ibuprofin and still had no relief from my pain.Read More Read Less

It helped a little for a few months and then just quit helping.

After 8 months of chronic pain after a car accident and many, many massage therapy, chiro and physiotherapy appointments, Tramadol has been my saving grace. I feel 100% normal mentally (no loopy side effects, so I can work). And the pain is very, very minimal. I take once a day in the morning, as that's the worst time for pain for me. This isn't something a drug addict would look for.. no real "good" feelings like other opioids. Which is perfect for me, since I work full time and need the brain power. ;)Read More Read Less

I was prescribed this medication years ago for chronic back pain. It did not relieve my pain. 20 something years later they're trying it on me again. Still doesn't touch my pain and gives me a horrible stomach ache, with or without food.

I have been taking this drug for a few weeks (along with a bunch of other drugs) and I began feeling more loopy, foggy, and losing ability to remember even very short term. So I started looking at a list of all my meds and the tramadol stuck out as the most recent one that has been causing dry mouth and fogginess. So I stopped it. I don't have anything else except Ibuprofen which I shouldn't take much of.

Brand name worked great, generic did nothing. Awful withdrawal symptoms.

I had pain under my left breast nothing could relieve that pain. I called my doctor and told him I could not lie down because the pain was sooooo servere. I picked the Rx up took one dose and the pain immediately went away. I was in pain for a week I had to pray over myself. It felt like a knife was under my breast.

I have severe disc degeneration in my back. Tramadol was prescribed to manage the pain. The medication was reasonably effective in controlling pain but gave me a strong headache that just wouldn't go away with ibuprofen or aspirin. I had to stop taking the tramadol and the headache went away.

I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease when I was 25. Fast forward....2 months ago I herniated a disc in my back and due to muscle spasms could notuse my legs. Typically I read side effects of medication which is why I have a cabinet full of unused meds. Due to the pain I did not in this incidince look up Tramadol. I have had every side effect possible...except sever ones. I had NO idea I was taking a opiate and am near off it.which brings back the pain. I would never ever recommend this medication to anyone at the very least without doing some research. My other option is pain and maybe surgery. I'll take the pain over Tramadol any day. It may be my age but proceed with caution. Read More Read Less

medication as to many side effects. always feel spacey had to concentrate, hot and sweaty all the time , can't drink enough liquids, itch and bugs crawling feeling. don't suddenly stop tramadol, withdrawals are very bad. only took for 2 weeks

After reading that this was an addictive drug and hard to discontinue because of severe withdrawal symptoms, I started tapering off them. After just two weeks of a low dose, 100 mgs. per day, I feel terrible, pain, nausea, fatigue, clamminess, dizziness and irritability. I would be very careful about starting this drug!