User Reviews for Tramadol

Can cause headaches when taken on an empty stomach. Some cloudy-headedness is to be expected when taking tramadol for the first few times.

I'm taking it for joint pain. At best it takes the edge off the pain and the muscle twitches are disturbing. I don't sleep and end up exhausted. I wouldn't recommend it but it has worked for others.

I just recently started on Tramadol, after years of trying countless others meds that didn't work, the narcotic pain relievers I eneded up getting addicted to, I finally found a Doctor that wants to find the reason behind the migraine, he put me on Tramadol for the pain...which works most of the time, more than anything else ever did, unless you count taking the narcotic that knocks you out for 16 hours, but when you awake, the migraine is surprize! still there! I take Topamax during the day, not sure how well thats working just yet...... still deciding on that one...but the Tramdol is a god send for me. Read More Read Less

Have Sarcoidosis, which can have joint pain. This med has done a good job in pain managment for me.

I am taking tramadol and skelaxin together, as prescribed by my pain specialist. They worked very well at first, but their affect on reducing my chronic neck pain has diminished a bit recently. The side effects are troubling...muscle twitches, fluttering in one ear, and insomina. When I stopped taking the tramadol after 1 or 2 in the afternoon, I was able to sleep at night but I would have scary, disturbing dreams and end up calling out for help. So today I am cutting back on the tramadol dosage because I am afraid to go to sleep! Has anyone else experienced any of this?Read More Read Less

i just started on it.

primary concner after several years on this medication for chronic pain, is dependence. I feel around noon each day I need the medication.

I have Crohn's Disease and take Tramadol for severe abdominal pain. It has worked great for me and much cheaper than other pain medications.

My experience was awful. It gave me minor pain releif if any- and the side effects were horrible. I was itching, dizzy, nauseous, and became extremely restless. Increased heart rate and NO SLEEP!

Not as effective as other chronic pain relievers.

For three night I could not sleep due to knee pain. I went to the Doc and she prescribed Tramadol and the stuff worked for me with zero side effects. needless to say I am quite plesed.

The first time that I took Tramadol the side effects were so bad that I was put in the hospital for 3 days. They should take this mess off the market.

I have Lupus and this is my miracle drug that gets rid of my pain.

I can't stand this stuff. I am not prone to migraines other than ocular migraines (and it has been several years since I had one of those), and I have had 4 headache migraines (extreme headache pain, nausea, sensitivity to light) in the short week I have been taking this crap. And it did absolutely nothing for the pain I was taking it for. Maybe it works for some people, but I sure am not one of them. My dr. won't give me anything stronger than darvocet, but at least it works fairly well for a couple hours and doesn't give me any side effects, so I am going back to that. I hate tramadol.Read More Read Less

It just takes off the edge.doesn't seem to work as well as first begining treatment.

This medication worked well for me for a while. However, the last time I took it resulted in a serious side effect. The medication caused severe, uncontrollable shaking in my right leg that lasted several hours.

I have been using this medication for about 2 years for chronic back pain due to bulging disks. It is easy to use as it does not cause too many side effects and I can drive and function normally on this medication. As for pain relief I have found that it is only effective if the pain is very mild. I have to take other pain relievers if the pain is moderate or severe.

Relaxes, but does not stop pain