hi can anyone help me out my here my old dr. was giving me TRAMADOL/APAP 37.5MG/325MG TABS for my low back pain wise was ok but now i have a new dr. and he give me TRAMADOL 50MG TABLETS and today (sat) is my first time im takeing so wise one is better for the pain any help would be much appreciated thank you
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Well the one with APAP has Acetaminophen in it, that is the medical communities reference for it. The other is just Tramadol by itself, at least I am assuming such since you didn't mention APAP being with that one.
Which one works better for you, will be something you can only discover by trying it and giving it a couple weeks to see how much it works. There is no way, at this point, to know if you were really getting results from the Tramadol or from the Acetaminophen. They are both different types of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories. Some people do respond better to one than the other.
Neither is a narcotic, so only trial and error will let you know which one works better for you. Everyone is different and what works for one person doesn't always do the same for another.
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the doctor put me on tramadol for lower back pain as well and it didn't help at all... i found that taking tylenol #1 with codiene -2 tabs and then 2 advil was more successful than tramadol... as said though not everyone is the same.. good luck and i hope they give u relief
I truly believe, that the new pill you have been given will serve you much better. More relief. The tablet has more of the potent pain reliever. I have been taking Tramodol for 2yrsnow; It works better taken with food.I take 200mg each morning. Keep the doctor busy,by having him increase the dose till you reach a therapeutic level,that keeps your pain down.
Tramadol caused adverse withdraw symptoms for my husband, ... insomnia, restless leg syndrome, depression. It was prescribed because it supposedly is not addicting nor causes adverse effects, but many articles and blogs state the opposite, ... we experienced 1st hand how addicting and how difficult to withdraw can be! Read up on Tramadol please!!
One blog alone explained it like this:
One of thing that makes Tramadol so difficult a drug to get off of, is that you are not only dealing with the opiate effect, but also the serotonin effect, which is probably more pronounced than the opiate effect, and more likely responsible for the symptoms of withdrawal. Opiates make us not care about pain (or anything else for that matter), and serotonin makes us feel good. Combine the withdrawal effects of these two physiological dependencies at once, and it is analogous to trying to quit an antidepressant (the serotonin) and something similar to codeine (the opiate). So, quitting Tramadol is not something to be taken lightly.
