Ultram for Pain User Reviews (Page 3)

• fel...
• December 10, 2009

"I used this medicine to kick major withdrawals from heavy painkillers. It took the edge off with Xanax. It doesn't work for pain, though I can't imagine it working for anyone unless your pain is minimal."

• Anonymous
• February 27, 2009

"I have been taking Ultram for about 2 weeks now. The pain is still there but not as sharp as it was. The only side effects I have encountered are cold sweats and erectile dysfunction. I have heard that this medication causes erectile dysfunction but did not believe it until now."

• Anonymous
• November 17, 2009

"Aside from occasional nausea if I don't take it with food, I find it takes the edge off my lower back and arthritis pain. Causes some drowsiness, so I don't take it when I need to drive. Works better for pain than pretty much anything else I have tried."

• Non...
• November 12, 2010

"I had arthrodesis surgery to fix my crushed right thumb 08-03-2010 and have had severe pain in it ever since. The doc prescribed hydrocodone and oxycodone, which worked very well. So I would not become addicted to those, he switched me to tramadol, 50 mg, 2 every 4 to 6 hours as needed. The first time I took them, before bed, I had a terrible night. Normally, I'm a sound sleeper, but I tossed and turned and did not get a wink of sleep, which is not one of the published side effects. So, that first time was my last. Meanwhile, I'm in pain."

• Anonymous
• April 30, 2009

"This pain reliever is not the best, but it helps sometimes. It helps me sleep at night. One thing I don't like about it is, unlike some of the other pain relievers I've taken, I built a tolerance to Ultram a lot quicker than to any other."

• SL ...
• October 12, 2010

"I was prescribed this medicine for moderate pain after surgery. My incisions bothered me, and I took 4 pills a day for the first 3 days, then usually 2 a day. However, the side effects: nausea, palpitations, dizziness, drowsiness and sleeplessness, constipation and mental vagueness were really too unpleasant to be rid of minor pain, so after a week I stopped taking it. It is annoying that after stopping it, I suffered nausea, palpitations, and weakness/drowsiness after large meals-possibly due to withdrawal."

• Dav...
• January 4, 2011

"Ultram-50 relieved my neck pain (arthritis) and made me much more alert by removing the fog of pain, instead of the 'drowsy' side effect mentioned in the literature. However, when I was switched to generic Tramadol, I experienced severe itching all over."

• Anonymous
• July 23, 2009

"This medication worked very well to ease my ankle pain. However, it left me feeling a little forgetful after taking it for a few days. It also made me very drowsy. But I was not in the severe pain that I had been. The most negative reaction was when I stopped taking the medication. The following day, I felt nauseous, shaky, dizzy, and had cold sweats. The withdrawal symptoms were very unpleasant."

• Anonymous
• November 12, 2009

"I have been taking Ultram for three months now for a compressed lumbar disc. I have had no problems with it like I did with narcotic pain relievers (serious withdrawals when I did not need the medicine for pain). It does cause some drowsiness and once made me feel nauseated, but all in all I like this medication much more than any codeine-based painkiller."

• mva...
• February 24, 2009

"This has been a horrible experience. I have been on this for 6 months. It was effective for one week. I felt fantastic for that week. No pain at all. But since then, the constant aching in my legs has progressed to keeping me up most of the night, practically in tears. Now I am stuck in the fun task of getting off the medication."

• Anonymous
• April 9, 2012

"With Tylenol and Neurontin every 8 hours, plus daily Cymbalta, it works for fibromyalgia. Remove the Ultram/Tramadol and it doesn't. Ultram alone didn't do the trick, but it is the needed pill for this to work. From number 5 pain to zero/1 on a 10 scale."

• Anonymous
• May 20, 2009

"Ultram was prescribed for me for low back pain of unknown origin. Unfortunately, I would say that the medicine only knocks the pain level 2 points on the 10-point scale. It allowed me to function, but did not take the pain away."

• Ade...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 1, 2016

"I was on this medication briefly for my arthritis pain. I would describe it as 'many side effects, no good effects.' It had the side effects generally associated with narcotics (sleepiness, dizziness, nausea), but it didn't help my pain at all."

• ih8...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 25, 2013

"I have taken Ultram for years on and off. I hate it. It was made only to take the edge off. I have fibromyalgia, sciatica caused by lipoma caused by sitting on my static nerve, arthritis, neuropathy, endometriosis, and bipolar disorder. Ultram almost caused me to commit suicide, it reacted so badly with my Paxil for bipolar. It is the worst pain drug ever made. If it works for you, great, but it didn't work and created all sorts of problems. Beware!"

• Csy...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 1, 2017

"Does not work, only made me anxious and angry. I wasted my money and my chance to not be in pain after surgery. Stop peddling this rubbish. All the doctors round here are prescribing it thanks to some pharmaceutical rep, but you're ruining people's rights to quality of life. You know it does not work."

• Anonymous
• December 11, 2008

"I suffer from chronic back and neck pain, and I find that it works as well as Vicodin or Percodan. The only big side effect that I get from this medicine is the fact that I am sleepy the next day. I don't find it addictive, but then I only try and take it when I can't sleep because of the pain."

• Kri...
• November 14, 2009

"I have had 2 back surgeries 3 months apart from each other. My neurosurgeon told me my spinal canal is too narrow for a fusion and there is nothing more to be done. In years gone by, before some doctors really believed I had a pain problem. I tried Ultram, it did NOTHING, but my body was used to 200 mg of morphine and 120 mg of oxycodone. I since have found a wonderful, caring pain doctor. I take 4 x 30 mg of oxycodone and 19 mg of methadone 2 times daily, and I can walk, very sluggish and am tired, but I can walk."

• bal...
• June 16, 2011

"Doctor says he found some THC in my system. He took me off MsContin 60 mg 3 x daily and put me on Ultram 50 mg 2 x daily. I am so much in pain right now. This medicine does not help with my pain at all."

• K_W...
• November 24, 2009

"I have been on this for quite some time for pain. After I had my gallbladder out, in 2007, I started having constant pain in my right side that feels like a side cramp that you get after running. Anyway, Ultram (Tramadol) has worked the best of everything the doctor has had me try. It gets rid of a lot of the pain, and I've had no side effects."

• KCj...
• October 3, 2009

"Took first dose of Ultram and started having severe nausea. Recovered after 36 hours. Unsure that it caused the nausea since I had a flu shot that day. I tried it again two weeks later and again experienced severe nausea, which ended again after about 36 hours."

• lad...
• June 21, 2011

"Yes, I have experienced a side effect of Ultram, which is preventing me from sleeping. It has 50 mg, 1 or 2 tablets every six hours as needed. I have tried them from my doctor, and I have been up all night. I had a total left knee replacement revision on the 8th of June, 2011. I was also told to take 1 Ambien (10 mg) and 1 extra strength Tylenol at the same time. I did, and all I did was catnap and was always awake when the daylight came up. I need REST!"

• Anonymous
• October 6, 2009

"I was prescribed Ultram/tramadol for the daily pain I am in due to being crushed from the waist down. I only use it when Tylenol or ibuprofen will not work, which is maybe once a week or a handful of times per month. Ultram does help take the edge off the pain most of the time, but on occasion, just doesn't help. I need to be sure I have food in my stomach before taking it, or it will make me pretty nauseous. It also keeps me up at night if I take it late in the day. I haven't had any issues concerning withdrawal from it, but it may be because I do not use it on a daily basis, but only when needed."

• all...
• July 26, 2009

"A doctor gave me Ultram with Trazodone for a sprained wrist and insomnia/anxiety. I took them both at bedtime, and by morning, I was throwing up with one of the worst headaches of my life, on my birthday. I threw up all day."

• Anonymous
• February 24, 2009

"I was prescribed this medication for chronic severe neck pain. I was taking 50 mg per day. While it worked to eliminate pain, I experienced constant nausea, vomiting, light-headedness, and many symptoms of serotonin syndrome since I also take Celexa each day. Serotonin syndrome is serious and dangerous and can increase the likelihood of seizures. Also, I'm taking this medication at night, and it keeps me awake all night instead of allowing a good night's rest."

• Anonymous
• March 18, 2009

"I have been using it for 3 months now. I skip using it for days at a time, but then the pain comes back. I use it mainly as an inflammatory and mild pain removal from a back surgery I had in 1997. It does make me jumpy, but when I combine it with Xanax, it evens me out, and I feel I can do anything. I am also taking Percocet for times it does not take the pain away completely. Now, I am starting to feel normal and evened out mentally."