Tramadol

I took it once. Never again! I felt a sickness/ oddness, that I just can’t describe. It took any pain away. I felt it was taking everything away. I shudder when I think of it. Just stick to paracetamol now!

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I take just two tramadol on a night I have chronic pain following op it doesn't make me feel euphoric it does seem to help me relax I can't take codeine that makes me woozy and nauseous . Oh takes long acting tramadol twice a day and two short acting in afternoon for back he as taken it for years with no side effects but paracetamol makes him nauseous and morphine makes him loopy?

Given Tramadol after breaking tib/fib because I couldn't tolerate codeine. Worked OK but when I tried to stop taking it I had horrendous nightmares and Google told me these were withdrawal symptoms. GP helped me wean onto paracetamol/nurofen and never looked back.

Tramadol helps with the pain and has reduced my appetite so I'm losing weight

WIN WIN

I was prescribed Tramadol after falling off a cliff, shattering my leg and ankle and undergoing two operations to fix it. I was on 200mg od for the best part of a year, initially combined with Oramorph. I didn't feel euphoric, but when I started to reduce the dose, I became very anxious and depressed. It has taken me a further year to come off it altogether by reducing the dose very gradually, finally taking a Tramadol and codeine combination drug containing a very small amount of Tramadol. I'm pleased to report that I don't miss it and even though I still have some tablets in a drawer, I am not tempted in the least to take them.

Had a really bad experience the first time I took Tramadol, my DH thought I'd overdosed and called an ambulance. I had only taken the dose recommended by my GP. Its an evil drug. I now take Co-Codomal for my back pain, which is okish, but I wish they'd never withdrawn Co-Proxamol from the market, that really did wonders xx

Tramadol and Codeine - in fact, it seems, all opiates - make me sick and woozy. After my hip replacement I didn't stop being sick until the morphine pump was removed. So it's very difficult to identify an effective analgesic. One of my sisters has the same reaction and recently my DS1 told me that he did too. At the moment I'm glad to say it's not an issue... fingers crossed it stays that way!

I have Tramadol for emergencies for my destroyed leg but it gives me side effects of severe and painful abdominal spasms for 72 hours afterwards - although these are among the "better" side effects I have to pain killers. I used to get on much better with Distalgesic but it has been withdrawn worldwide leaving me with few alternatives

I took Tramadol for a slipped disc and felt sick in the mornings but was glad to take it as the pain was terrible.
Its similar to codein and it works for me.
But I don't get any form of a 'high' through taking it.

I've read today that the UK accounts for approx one third of all opiate prescriptions in the EU. I wonder why our prescribing habits are so different from the rest of Europe?

The article I read sounded as though it's a terrible problem, I feel sorry for anyone struggling with such an addiction. I take codeine & paracetamol for migraine but I've never had any highs or similar reaction and it never crosses my mind to take them when I don't have a migraine so I guess I'm not addicted.

One side effect not mentioned here is severe constipation. Both my sister and sister in law took tramadol for long periods due to back pain and both suffered terribly with constipation. And my SILs GS who had a drink & drugs problem at the time was found to have stolen her tramadol, so yes, to be avoided if possible.

They are doing a phone in at the moment on Radio 5 about addictive painkillers etc, some people have had horrible experiences after taking Tramadol. One lady said a friend who is a GP took one herself for pain and was so badly affected she refuses to give them to her patients now.

Gout can be awful, only an injection of cortisone worked for me; I was only about 30 at the time and not drinking port - or anything at all!

Fat finger strikes again!!

I realise just how lucky I amto be able Toto!state most things and bet pain relief from whatever is prescribed. My S isn't so lucky he had gout and psoriatic (sp) arthritis and one dose of tramadol turned him into a different person for about 24 hours. He can take low dosage
cocodamol but nothing stronger.

I would warn against Ibuprofen too. After copious and prolonged use for arthritic pain I was struck down with severe gastritis last December. I am still having episodes of pain if I eat something my stomach doesn't like.

According to the consultant it is dangerous and should not be available over the counter. He also said it should always be prescribed and taken with omeprazole.

My DH refuses all medication including pain killers after emergency surgery for peritonitis. Maybe he's wise to do so.

I am the same as Jalima1108 one day's dosage of Tramodol left me in bed for 24 hours, Co-codamol makes me pass out.
I feel so sorry for people who have addiction problems with prescribed medication, we are often not informed of possible side effects, the literature plays it down. Its difficult to know how each person will react. Hope Ant gets the help he needs.

Tramadol is evil, i can barely remember the period of time that i was taking it as it just took over my brain, My DH had it after his accident and it made him so aggressive. My poor dear friend was found in the woods with a stash of Tramadol and just about to take her own life although she has no memory of it. I wouldn't give that drug to my worst enemy.

D has had tramadol for a knee problem she was born with.
They're not an effective pain killer for her unless combined with something else, I can't remember what.
D doesn't like the 'brain fog' it gives her. She certainly dosen't feel euphoric when taking it and in her case it's a last resort.

I have an intolerance to tablets, could be physiological, trouble is most tablets treat the whole of the body not just the area that's bad, like a back problem, can understand how anyone could become addicted when they are taken for long periods. Petra hope your back gets better quickly, I was on high dose pain relief, morphine based for 6 weeks, many years ago now, I have never forgotten how I'll they made me feel, but the pain was so bad that I took them. In the end I took myself off them as I felt zonked out most of the time. Feel sorry for Ant, he has the physical pain of his leg and the emotional pain of wanting a child, hope he gets the help he needs.

Tramadol knocked me for six too after an operation, as does Co-codamol.
The GP has said No to any ibuprofen medication or any anti-inflammatories at all in fact and said just take 8 paracetamol every day, which do not do the trick so I don't often take them.

I have taken Tramadol for years alongside Meloxicam and I have no problem.

I used to take up to 8 a day and 2 Meloxicam but I now take 2/4 a day but I will take more if I go into spasm.

Hubby cannot take it , it makes him feel nauseous.

Over the years , like most people with chronic pain, I have tried every pain control available but Tramadol simp!y works for me. I guess it's a case of what works for one doesn't for another.

It's supposed to be really addictive. Hate taking painkillers and think as a society we take far too many
It's okay if u really are in great pain of course. Also painkillers can cause Constipation

After my hip replacement, Tramadol had no effect at all...I might just as well have chomped smarties!