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Patients

Taking Tramadol
184 Patients currently take Tramadol
39 Patients stopped taking Tramadol
Dymond Sensation: Mild Overall: None Cognition: none Vision: mild Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: none Walking: none See profile Dymond since Oct 11, 2008
syl Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: mild Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile syl Ultracet, since Jul 22, 2008
philiph Sensation: Severe Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: severe Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile philiph 50mg daily since Sep 25, 2008

Brand Names: Ultracet, Ultram, Ultram ER, Zytram XL
See also: Ixprim, Tramacet, Tramadol ER

What is Tramadol? Tramadol is an opioid drug used in the treatment of chronic and severe pain. It has about 10% the potency of morphine. Read more...

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Reasons Taken

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

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Pain	124	55%
Other	54	24%
Stiffness/spasticity	7	3%
General health	5	2%
Back pain	4	1%
Fibromyalgia	3	1%
Headaches/ Migraines	3	1%
Don't know	3	1%
Headache	2	<1%
Sensation	2	<1%
Muscle Pain	1	<1%
Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain	1	<1%
Slowness	1	<1%
Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy)	1	<1%
Excess saliva	1	<1%
disease-related symptoms	1	<1%
Anxiety	1	<1%
Pain and stiffness, feet	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 mg day	37.5 mg day	40 mg day	50 mg day	0 mg none	100 mg day	0 mg none	150 mg day	200 mg day	300 mg day	400 mg day	600 mg day
1	81	1	2	1	1	1	21	1	11	1	4	12	13	8	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
9	16	24	26	22	37

Stopped taking Tramadol

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
10	8	8	6	3	6

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tramadol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	16	41%
Side effects too severe	13	33%
Doctor's advice	10	26%
Personal research	5	13%
Other	3	8%
Course of treatment ended	3	8%
Expense	2	5%
Not indicated	1	3%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 13 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	57%	4
Moderate	29%	2
Can't tell	14%	1

Insomnia

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	15%	2
Mild	15%	2
None	69%	9

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

Summary results are based on 13 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 13)

fragiletruth

Depression: 0

Emotional: 0

Compulsion: 0

Anxiety: 0

Mania: 0

Physical: 1

External Stress: Low

23 F

Function: High

Distress: Low

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by fragiletruth
Aug 18, 2008