Tramadol

DH has been using it for a couple of years, mainly to cope with his back pain. The dose varies according to how he feels, sometimes only one or two in 24 hours and occasionally working up to the full eight a day. To be honest they don't have a massive effect on the pain but they do make him feel better.

One of his friends was taking eight a day for two years while he waited for a knee replacement. He had an awful time with withdrawal after he had the operation.

Prescribed it after a jaw operation, so open wound in the mouth. I had strong antibiotics as well, but I must admit I had no pain. However, I did feel nauseous most of the time, also terrified as I couldn't open my jaw for a week and dreaded vomiting! Yuk, never again!

Tramadol is the biggest killer of all prescription drugs, Drs dont like to prescribe it,
A lot of Tramadol is sold by drug addicts,
A friend of mines husband died overdosing [accidentally] on Tramadol, and i know a young lad addicted to it
I have taken it in the past for a very short time,it is generally a very good pain killer, but wouldnt take it for long

I can't tolerate Tramadol. I certainly sleep but I am very 'out of it' in the daytime. It doesn't work for me but we're all different.

My DD has Tramadol for severe period pain. As far as I know, she doesn't get any euphoria and only takes it if she really has to.

It was prescribed for my father when he was in extreme pain and it caused hallucinations and disorientation. The balance of the prescription remained at home after he was admitted to hospital and I entertained the idea of keeping them for when I have severe migraine, but after googling Tramadol and reading the warnings etc, plus the state they put my father in, I decided that the best thing to do was to hand them in at the local pharmacy.

Strange isn't it how different drugs react on different people?
I wish you could still get Dystalgesic. This was the perfect pain killer for me, but alas they took it off the market.

It barely worked for me painwise and I had no side effects

Tramadol knocked me for six when I was prescribed it for sciatica. I had to stop taking it as I just couldn't function and felt sick all the time.

I certainly didn't experience euphoria when I was prescribed it for a prolapsed disc -it didn't relieve the pain and
it made me sick! The doctor then said it has this effect on 33% of people and switched me to co codamol.

I hated it. It made me feel so sick. I had it at one point after my knee replacement. DD had it after a C section and said it helped.
Different drugs affect different people differently. Glad you've got a combination that helps.
I was very sorry to hear about poor Ant.

600mg Ibuprofen in one dose? That sounds a lot.

I've never had Tramadol, but wouldn't recommend Oramorph (liquid morphine) as although it works well on pain it made me very depressed.

Yes - definitely - I get it with codeine too. Also it knocks me out good and proper. Certainly if I were you I would be discussing an alternative with my GP.