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Brand Names: Tramadol ER, Ultram, Ultram ER, Zytram XL
Generic Name: Tramadol

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

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

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Pain 125 54%
Other 53 23%
Stiffness/spasticity 8 3%
Fibromyalgia 4 1%
Headaches/ Migraines 4 1%
Back pain 3 1%
General health 3 1%
Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain 2 <1%
Sensation 2 <1%
Don't know 2 <1%
Headache 2 <1%
Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy) 1 <1%
Pain, leg 1 <1%
Slowness 1 <1%
Muscle Pain 1 <1%
joint pain 1 <1%
Excess saliva 1 <1%
disease-related symptoms 1 <1%
Pain and stiffness, feet 1 <1%
Anxiety 1 <1%
Slow my MS progress 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Tramadol.

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  0 mg day 0 mg none 0 none 25 mg day 37.5 mg day 40 mg day 50 mg day 100 mg none 100 mg day 150 mg none 150 mg day 200 mg day 300 mg day 400 mg day 600 mg day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 79 Number of Patients: 79 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 20 Number of Patients: 20 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 16 Number of Patients: 16 14 Number of Patients: 14 9 Number of Patients: 9 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
4
11
21
36
24
42

Stopped taking Tramadol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
13
8
8
7
3
5
Why Patients Stopped Taking Tramadol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 17 40% Did not seem to work: 40%
Side effects too severe 14 33% Side effects too severe: 33%
Doctor's advice 8 19% Doctor's advice: 19%
Personal research 5 12% Personal research: 12%
Other 5 12% Other: 12%
Course of treatment ended 3 7% Course of treatment ended: 7%
Expense 1 2% Expense: 2%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 17 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 50% 4
Moderate 25% 2
Slight 13% 1
Can't tell 13% 1

Pain

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 18% 3
Mild 24% 4
None 59% 10

Top reported side-effects include: Blurred Vision, addictive opiate, Suicidal Ideation

Summary results are based on 17 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 17)

  • fragiletruth
    Depression: 2
    Emotional: 1
    Compulsion: 1
    Anxiety: 2
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 2
    External Stress: Overwhelming
    23 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Moderate
    See profile
  • fragiletruth
  • by fragiletruth
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsMild
  • All over pain
Advice/Tips
Withdrawing is the PITS - taper off VERY slowly, at a rate of 25mg per week, if you wish to go off this medication.

  • sarahezekiel
    Mouth/throat: moderate
    Arms: severe
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • sarahezekiel
  • by sarahezekiel
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Excess saliva
Advice/Tips
It works!

See all evaluation results for Tramadol



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