User Reviews for Nucynta

It has eased chronic pain in my neck and shoulder.

This medicine is a lifesaver! I have Lupus and have been having extreme hip and back pain lately. I have been on numerous medicines and am allergic to codeine, Vicodin, and Percocet so its difficult to find adequate pain relief without other side effects like nausea, vomiting, light-headedness. Nucynta does not give me a "high" feeling and I have not experienced nausea with this medicine. The only downside to this medicine is its expensive! I encourage people to call the company and apply for the savings card. I'm awaiting mine, and if it goes through you will pay no more than $25 a refill. Hope some others get relief with this medicine like me. Right now I could kiss my orthopedic surgeon for prescribing me Nucynta!

I've been on Nucynta for just over a year. I started with the typical meds for back pain Vicodin, Percocet, morphine, etc. Unfortunately I seem to either have massive bad reactions or they don't work, no in between. Because of this my pain wasn't controlled and it was having a toll on me physically and emotionally. Nucynta has allowed me to rebuild my life and body. I had some side effects at first but my doctor started on low doses and slowly built up the dose to where it got my pain to a tolerable level. I found that the regular Nucynta caused to much of an up and down in pain levels but the ER took care of that. Like everything it is an individual reaction.

I tried this medicine at 50mg up to 4x per day and is very helpful for chronic neck, shoulder pain I have suffered for years. There are no highs and lows like other pain medicines, also had a nerve block injection to area and that removed the pain 100%. I highly recommend it, and a nerve block. It scared me too, but worked.

Was prescribed after suffering nerve damage after surgery from a complicated plueral effusion. The stabbing. Pain is gone after OxyContin made me feel like my head was in a cloud. Was also prescribed Lyrica. I feel a sharp pain when I try to take a deep breath or yawn but other than that I have been pain free. My PM is talking about a nerve block and I am not to keen on that idea. This medicine is fantastic no side effects.

Made me feel hot, diarrhea, fatigue, bloated.

1st 4 days were great, no pain and no lethargy. Day 5 began with stomach upset and hot flashes. Day 6 brought anxiety ending in severe depression and psychotic break. All resolved after cessation in 24 hours.

I am 35yrs. Old and have had severe fibromyalgia, trigeminal neuralgia, migraines and chronic fatigue. I had been suffering since my early 20's. Tried everything and backed it up with research. Nothing made the pain tolerable enough. Nucynta 100mg. E. R. 2x. A day gives me 24hr. Pain control when taken with 100mg. Of tramadol. Found the doctor who prescribed it just a year ago. I was a ball of pain on my couch, could not work, actually....I had no life. My doctor is conducting trials in using this for fibromyalgia. 97% success. I had forgotten what a body not riddled with chronic pain felt like. He is a pioneer and trying to get this medication to those who need it to function. It was difficult to get approved. I have a life!

I have non-repairable Ulnar nerve damage caused by a surgeon. Have struggled with a 7 to 9 pain level for the last 18 month's. At one point I was taking 4 x 10MG Oxycodones a day with very little relief. Two days after switching to Nucynta ER, my pain level has been around 0-2. Absolutely gave me my life back. No side effects and no withdrawals. My insurance does not cover, but my doctor gave a card that insures I never pay more than $25.00 per month.

Nucynta,- started off with 50mg 2-3 x daily, had pretty weird side effects, talked with doctor who encouraged me to stick with it for a week, also was on 5mg oxycodone's 4x daily, after about the 5th day all of the nausea, and side effects all dissipated with the exception of increased anxiety (which runs in my family to the point of debilitating) so I simply increased my 0.5mg Xanax to 1.0mg as needed worked out fine, next visit I was increased to Nucynta 100 mg 3~4x daily, wow felt like I was 19 again, 2 months later changed out my dosing to 100mg Nucynta extended release 2x daily, decreased my anxiety problems, ahh also increased my oxycodone to 10mg's 4x daily,-end stage osteoarthritis back, neck, knees, shoulders, etc.

I Was Only Taking Nucynta For 3 Months, And Had To Switch To Another Narcotic Pain Med Because Of The Serious Side Effects. I Had Terrible Anxiety Attacks Which Required Me To Take Xanax. The Absolute WORST Side Effect That I Had Were The Hallucinations...I Thought I Was Going Totally Insane! I Have A Friend Who Takes This, And It Works Well For Her, But I Must Have Been Allergic To It!

I have been on Nucynta for 1 1/2 yrs. I've had major problems with pain meds. Vomiting, not sleeping to very high liver counts. I've had 4 surgeries on my wrist in 3 yrs. 1 being a internal amputation of the ulna hump & approx 3" of bone. Picture that hump in your wrist & 3" of the bone that is attached to it gone. Bone hitting bone, pain I wouldn't wish on anyone. My PM put me on 50mg x 2-4 times a day. For the 1st time in 14 yrs I'm almost pain free. I'm going this week to have the dosage increased. I had to stop working and I never thought that I would have a normal life or be able to hold my grand kids. Now I have 6 grand kids and I spend everyday with them. I can even pick them up and hold them. My newest is 8wks old. Nucynta saved me.

I have been on Nucynta for 2 years following a ten - twelve foot fall. Nucynta is without a doubt the best pain medication I have ever been prescribed. It works well on my severe shoulder, back, and neck pain. Without the nasty side effects of other opiates I was taking such as Hydrocodone. I am able to stay alert and I have not built up a tolerance to it. Nucynta has been a game changer for me. . .

Was prescibed Nucynta 100mg initially. It took effect within approx. 1hr. I, too, felt loopy & out of it. I felt I was hallucinating and had strange off the wall kind of "dreams". So I called Dr back & exchanged the prescription. I had asked to try the 75mg but guess I scared Dr with my symptoms. So I was prescribed 50mg. I have been on this dosage for 4 days. Doesn't last long enough and does NOTHING to manage my pain. I have spinal stenosis as well as scoliosis and degeneration of discs (virtually no discs) between L1-L5. Osteoarthritis in knees as well as in lower back. This medication works well on some, not so with others.

I was having pretty severe post surgical pain. Oxycontin gave me a pounding headache and caused depression and insomnia. Tramadol did not help. I started taking Nucynta 50mg yesterday. I must say it on a scale of 1 to 10 my pain is now a negative 10! When it wears off its pretty sharp and uncomfortable. Taking 1 50mg tab every 4-6 hours. Dr said I can take 2 pills but haven't needed to. I recommend this for anyone who has issues with the usual pain medicines. I have also been drinking prune juice because it does have constipation effect.

Takes a while to feel any relief. I have experienced dizziness, shallow breathing, hypotention.

I was taking 6-7 Norco each day, now I only have to take 1-2. My C.R.P.S has leveled off and now I can deal with it. Thank you.

First off I want to say that if you take this medication and it's expensive even with the insurance, go directly to Nucynta's official site. They have a coupon you can print, and use up to 14 times a calendar year that you will only pay less for the prescription. I actually very much like this medication. I have been on and off narcotics like Vicoden and Percocet for years, and this worked just as well for me. I had a couple headaches the first week but not as many now. Right now I only take 50mg, but I think that the 75mg may be more efficient, so I'm going to ask my PM doctor about it next time I go. But overall, this has been a life saver for me.

On Norco-10 for 4 years-C4-C5 herniated disc. I went from 3/day to 4 or 5 a day as my tolerance built. 18-20 months ago, doctor suggested Nucynta 100 3x a day. The max pain relief was just as good as the Norco-10, but I told the doctor that I wanted to go back to Norco because the Nucynta would "crash" me between doses-fell off VERY quickly the last couple hours. Got to two months ago. Doctor sends me to a PM specialist because he's not happy with all the acetaminophen. She puts me on tramadol and tells me to slowly back off the Norco. First, tramadol didn't work for pain, 2nd it nauseated me BADLY. Told her my history with Nucynta and she put me on 150mg ER 2x/day. All GOOD 3 weeks later BUT with 1 or 2 Norco as supplements for breakthrough pain.

Nucynta worked very well for my back and hip pain. Was only on the medication for a month, had to stop the medication because I could not use my hormone patch. Having menopause symptoms was almost as bad as the pain itself. I would recommend discussing menopause medications with your doctor prior to using Nucynta because one month without hormones is horrible on a marriage and customer service work.

I was prescribed Nucynta 100mg IR and 150mg ER. I have been taking Oxycodone 10mg and tramadol for break through pain. I was on Percocet but developed resistance, and then my PM doctor added the Nucynta. Nucynta is EXCELLENT as it took most of my pain away. Bad part of it is that the Nucynta made me nauseous, gave me headaches and made me feel wired. I also experienced palpitations and anxiety. Nucynta worked really well, its just the side effects outweighed the pain relief. Anyone else have the same reactions?

First month of taking 75 mg twice a day, didn't like the anxiety effect in the beginning but that has become more tolerable. Gotta say it has eased some of the pain for the majority of my work day except for Sundays and Wednesdays, due to the fact that I am a waitress, and those are my long days. But have had difficulty resting, and it hasn't helped with the fatigue at all. See dr. tomorrow

My doctor prescribed it when I developed an allergy to another medicine. After the first day brought no relief at all I called and was told that the medicine would take 3-5 days to work. Well it's day 8 now and absolutely no pain relief. I did get a really nasty headache.

I'm a 47-year-old female and was born with spina bifida, also my spinal cord is tethered. I have scoliosis as well. I don't even remember a day of not being in pain. I have been on just about all the typical narcotic medications. In June 2011 I finally had to quit my job after 24 years because of the severe pain. My family doctor prescribed Nucynta until I can get an appointment with PM. I've been on Nucynta for 3 days, and even though the pain relief seems better than any of the other medications, the side effects are making me evaluate about whether to stay on it or not. I've been getting waves of nausea, headaches, dizziness and feeling as if I am overheated. I'm going to keep taking it and hope that the side effects will subside.

I've only been using Nucynta for a couple of days, but so far it is working very well for me with very minimal side effects. I have chronic sciatica and have been on and off of low does Hydrocodone for a couple of years now. I've been taking 50mg of Nucynta 2-3 times a day. This seems to work almost as well on the pain and just seems easier on my body. It does make me a bit "loopy" and a little groggy, but no more than the hydrocodone. I also have noticed that I'm not as hungry, which is not necessarily a bad thing! I will be interested to see how it works over time and whether it continues to work well over a period of time.