Tramadol for Chronic Pain User Reviews (Page 5)

• Neno
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 26, 2019

"My GP prescribed Tramadol for the severe pain I suffer. I took it for a while, it neither relief my pain or make me happy. Till now I can not understand how this medicine makes people happy. This medicine was very bad and had side effects. It made me dizzy, feeling nauseous and headache. It was really bad medicine."

• stlrg...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 11, 2016

Ultram (tramadol) "I took this drug for approximately 2 months and while it helped a bit during the day, the multitude of side effects were much worse! My skin itched so bad I felt like I had bugs, and my joint pain was horrible. I have two herniated discs and I'm in constant pain, but this was definitely not the pain medication for me."

• Skier...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 29, 2023

"I've been on 300 mg of Tramadol daily for the past 10 due to chronic back issues. After years on it, I felt I built a tolerance and could manage my pain with exercise and injections. I read reviews for about 2 years before stopping and stayed on it far too long for fear of withdrawal. I finally decided I was done and spoke to my doctor about stopping. He told me to eliminate 1 - 50mg pill per week (I took 6 daily). That seemed too easy, but I trusted him. I did what he suggested after 6 weeks I stopped. To my surprise, I had 0 signs of withdrawal. That was over 6 months ago. I am so happy, and annoyed that I waited so long. I realize everyone's experience is different, but I had to share because I wasn't able to find any positive reviews on this topic. If you're thinking of quitting, don't let fear stop you. For me, it was that easy."

• Migra...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 17, 2016

"I've taken tramadol for 6 years for severe migraines, I've used hydrocodone too but I choose tramadol over hydrocodone as it works better than anything else I've tried, it also helps with my depression and restless leg syndrome, and knee pain that's 4 symptoms of relief in tramadol for me, 100 mg twice a day the only complaint I have is that tramadol is very addictive, If I stop using them I have really bad withdrawals, hot/cold sweats, trembling, shaking, loss of sleep, no energy, nausea, and extremely painful HEADACHES, when my Dr. first told me to take them he said they are not addictive, which is not true, maybe for short small doses but for long term use, they are highly addictive, Use caution when using for a long period of time."

• DebbM
• June 12, 2016

"Started taking tramadol in 2009 for back and hip pain. It worked awesome and made me somewhat hyper! Lost 10 pounds, which was good because with that kind of pain you don't want extra weight bearing down on you! Was up to 6/50 mg a day at one point and they seemed to not work as well so I dropped to 3/day for a few years with success. Pain is worse now so I'm back up to 4/day. This is very addictive, I've had horrible withdrawal symptoms if I forget to take one before bedtime. Morning comes and I'm in horrific pain and having withdrawals, not a pretty picture! Usually takes 5 or more hours to get back to normal and be a person again! Also, am nauseous every time I take it but only for about 5 minutes."

• pepeto
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 21, 2018

"I've been taking tramadol 50mg since I had a back operation for when I get pain. I don't always have the pain but when the pain is severe I take 3 or 4 pills a day and I get 4 refills every 6 months with an appointment with the doctor. I've been on them for almost 7 years now and I get no side effects . It works perfect for me. I gave it 10/10"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 22, 2013

"I have venous insufficency in my legs. I take 50 mg. twice a day. Tramadol makes it so I can be on my feet. Otherwise my legs and feet ache so badly! If I miss a dose I'm achey. This medicine is amazing. And you don't feel weird on it. I dread the thought of not having it, pain makes me feel so weary."

• anny...
• March 9, 2013

"It works for migraine headaches, back pain, osteoarthritis pain. Using Ultram 50mg to 300mg daily. When I had surgery I took Ultram 100 mg four times a day and my pain was controlled. Great medication."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 23, 2015

"Dangerous addicting drug with strong side effects on and coming off. Just because it's synthetic does not mean it's like an opiate! It affects serotonin and will cause problems getting off it in terms of mood and nervous system reactions as wells as muscle pain increased who coming off."

• Kellh...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 22, 2015

Ultram (tramadol) "I have chronic pain in my muscles and joints. Diagnosed as unspecified auto immune. Hla-b27 positive. My uncle suffered from anyklosing spondylitis.I have suffered all symptoms except crohns disease and spinal fusion."

• Jwright
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 19, 2016

"I suffer from chronic low back pain due to a bulging disc at L4-L5 and a degenerated disc at L5-S1.My doctor put me on 50mg as needed. Tramadol did nothing for me. No pain relief whatsoever. I slowly increased my dose until I was taking 250mg (5 pills) and still felt absolutely nothing. I am glad to see this medication worked for some people but for me this medication was worthless. This is like taking a sugar pill. If it makes any difference my pills came from Sun Pharmaceuticals."

• Taz
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 7, 2019

"I’ve taken narcotics for fifteen years until I decided a change and because it affected my mood and long term memory. Tramadol has allowed me to be free from the harsher pain pills but does not resolve my pain but it does help in other ways as well, I’ve never abused my prescriptions and take only what’s proscribed. The only side affects are sometimes I feel more anxious at times but it goes away. I’m very happy for this medication it works for what I wanted it to work for in alleviating some pain and allow me to be a little more mobile and it got me free from the stronger narcotic proscriptions ."

• jeffr...
• October 16, 2012

"Doctors are getting me prepped for a revision to a septic artificial knee (replacement) They have removed the damaged parts and sutured me back up, waiting for the anti-biotics to clean the leg. The first week on Tramadol was effective for pain but in the 4th week 200mg a day does almost nothing for the pain. To sleep I have to return to 15mg of Hydrocodone before bed."

• Johna...
• August 20, 2017

"Takes away all pain. I was told that this is a drug that works differently for people. I am one of the lucky ones. Very quickly takes away all pain. I was given it intravenously immediately after surgery, first for a hernia and second for a cat bite that had resulted in a septic joint. My partner will not take it because it made her feel nauseous. I have no nausea. Interestingly, morphene had no effect on me despite being supposedly the more effective medication for pain. The lesson is that different people's bodies respond differently."

• Lizzz
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• January 17, 2017

"I was initially prescribed tramadol for chronic pain from rheumatoid arthritis about 8 years ago, SPECIFICALLY because the doc said it was non narcotic. It worked for me and all was good until I forgot to call in a refill one day and I had withdrawal symptoms worse than I have ever experienced from any stronger narcotic. I have been on the drug for the past 8 years and now that they've realized it's INCREDIBLY addictive and often abused, they've made it a schedule 4. Now it's difficult for me to get my prescription if my doctor is out of town, or if I take one or two more than I'm supposed to due to increased pain, and I run out a day or two early. I'm a former opiate abuser and SO angry that I was misled and am on this roller coaster again."

• El...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• November 8, 2015

"I find Tramadol to be extremely effective for my chronic low to medium grade pain. I have chronic pain in my back and ankles and shoulder due to osteoarthritis. For me the big advantage with Tramadol, esp. the low 37.5 mg with acetaminophen dose is I don't feel slowed down at all. I use it PRN for days when I'm playing tennis or have work or extended walking to do. Now I sometimes take another 37 mg after exercise. I have used 100 mg time release and 200 mg time release for special times like high demand days for travel or moving, etc."

• Anon
• April 4, 2015

"I have been taking all brands of tramadol over the past 16 months and overall my experience has been positive. I have gallstones and suffer from acute cholecystitis often. I manage my pain with tramadol and dietary plan. The only bad side is tolerance builds quickly and withdrawal can get nasty after a few days."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 3, 2018

"I have an uncommon disease and was prescribed this for pain . Absolute joke ! I may as well taken Tylenol especially since it doesn’t make me sick to my stomach . This whole opioid crisis is beyond ridiculous . They give us weak , trickled down “ narcotics” that aren’t really narcotics and could not care a less if our quality of life is bad due to pain It’s a good thing I still have some “ real “ narcotics” I was prescribed a year ago that I kept for an emergency..... The tramadol is being flushed down the toilet along with the 54 dollars I spent for it . "

• Bugsi...
• April 7, 2017

"Tramadol does work wonders. Some people don't like it because it is not your typical pain medication. I have been taking two 50 mg every 12 hours for the past year or so and without a doubt it does work on a continued basis. It seems to not work well for acute pain and only dosing this way, but for chronic pain it does work."

• nappy...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 20, 2019

"I've been used to defending tramadol when I see negative critiques in the press, no longer. I have long term pain from imperfect lumbar stenosis surgery, and used it so as to get some sleep. At first wonderful after a couple of months not so wonderful. Now, 2 to 3 years down the road, I stopped cold turkey. Its very common side effect is constipation, as with other opioids. A few weeks back this problem suddenly escalated from manageable to horrible. I got a UTI, which I attribute to the overall sluggishness of my system under tramadol. Bloody awful. I stopped tramadol immediately. Now I discover from the net that the commonest long term withdrawal problem is chronic constipation, too. I've also discovered it made no difference to my pain i.e. it had stopped working. Feel relieved to have got over my fear of stopping this stuff. Getting better. Currently sleeping with NSAID's and a hot water bottle. Thank you, god, for rubber!"

• Jofff
• November 6, 2017

"Tramadol for musculoskeletal pain is fantastic...a rugged lifestyle over many years left me with extreme continual pain..Tramadol has allowed me to live a normal life over the five years I have been taking it. I have not had to increase the dose to maintain the pain relief."

• 4chillz
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 5, 2016

"After examining my MRI, my doctor diagnosed me with a herniated cervical disk where the hernia is pinching a nerve. I had an excruciating pain that shot through my left shoulder blade all the way down my arm. The pain is akin to being bashed on my upper arm several times with a baseball bat. Until my diagnosis I was laid up flat on my back in bed for about a week like in paralysis. My doctor prescribed a combination of Lyrica (pregabulin) and tramacet (tramadol). It has been a miracle for me. I've been experimenting with the dosages. I'm currently on extended release tramacet (100mg) and Lyrica (75mg) 4 times a day. I sometimes take an extra tramacet IR (37mg) for breakthrough pain. This seems to be the bare minimum which works for me."

• Bevhous
• April 26, 2019

"Tramadol did nothing for my pain. It could be because I've been in pain management for 15 years and taking roxicodone 30 for ten years and my body has high tolerance for pain meds. The only thing tramadol did do is make me nauseous, vomit and have extreme heartburn. No recommendations from me!"

• yogini
• March 9, 2015

"I have a 35 year old whiplash, so the pain is fairly chronic, and settles in my neck but moves into shoulders and mid back. My pain seems to be skeletal and muscular. Tramadol is excellent at handling the pain. I want it to always work, so I never take it until after the pain has started. Sometimes I can go 2 days without taking a pill; other days, I have to take 2 pills in one day."

• Tadeo
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 30, 2016

"I have been prescribed Tramadol 50mg tablets to be taken 2 tablets at once every 6 hours a day and have been on this medication for 3 months now. Suffering from chronic neck and head pain for 3 years with no final diagnosis except for maybe possible whiplash or stress related, I have not recieved any help from numerous physicans I constantly visited. After countless failed non-opioid pain medications and physical therapy sessions I was prescribed Tramadol a synthetic opiod pain medication. 1st month had full pain relief with no problems, 2nd month I developed a tolerance and had to take 2 every 4 hours, 3rd month I am getting little to no relief and stopped taking it, which has me in withdrawal and pain. I do not recommend Tramadol at all."