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Brand Names: Ultram
Generic Name: Tramadol
See also: Tramadol ER

What is Tramadol? Tramadol is a nonopioid analgesic drug used for the relief of moderate to moderately-severe pain.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

175 patients in the community are taking or have taken Tramadol.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Pain 116 66%
Other 24 13%
Stiffness/spasticity 5 2%
Headaches/ Migraines 4 2%
Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain 4 2%
Sensation 2 1%
Headache 2 1%
General health 2 1%
Fibromyalgia 2 1%
Don't know 1 <1%
bad headaches 1 <1%
Slow my MS progress 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Tramadol.

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All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg As needed 1 As needed 50 mg As needed 100 mg As needed 150 mg As needed 200 mg As needed 400 mg As needed 400 mg Daily 25 mg Daily 37.5 mg Daily 40 mg Daily 50 mg Daily 100 mg As needed 100 mg Daily 150 mg As needed 150 mg Daily 200 mg Daily 250 mg Daily 300 mg Daily 400 mg Daily 600 mg Daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 43 Number of Patients: 43 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 26 Number of Patients: 26 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Tramadol or how long patients were taking Tramadol before stopping.

Currently taking Tramadol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
10
13
15
22
16
29

Stopped taking Tramadol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
11
3
6
3
1
6
Why Patients Stopped Taking Tramadol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 13 42% Did not seem to work: 42%
Doctor's advice 8 26% Doctor's advice: 26%
Side effects too severe 6 19% Side effects too severe: 19%
Other 4 13% Other: 13%
Course of treatment ended 3 10% Course of treatment ended: 10%
Personal research 2 6% Personal research: 6%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 15 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 27% 3
Moderate 36% 4
Slight 27% 3
Can't tell 9% 1

Pain

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 7% 1
Moderate 13% 2
Mild 20% 3
None 60% 9

Top reported side-effects include: addictive opiate, adds to fatigue, makes me sleepy

Summary results are based on 15 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 15)

  • dbrister
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • dbrister
  • by dbrister
    Sep 04, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Pain
Advice/Tips
25mg of ultram works great in combination with 20 mb Baclofen to help deal with shooting nerve pain in my leg

  • kitty_b76
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Severe
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: severe
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • kitty_b76
  • by kitty_b76
    Sep 12, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Other

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