140 patient evaluations for Tramadol

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Mar 18, 2010 (Started Apr 22, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dry mouth, dry throat)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Before I began taking Tramadol, I had a difficult time getting through the day. I would spend most of the day either in bed or in a recliner. I just didn't have the strenght to do anything...I even had difficulty holding up my head. Tramadol has improved that. Although I cannot work full time and still require daily naps, I can at least get out of bed and do a little during th day.
Side effects: dry throat, dry mouth
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Mar 15, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I sometimes think to myself that it doesn't work, but then if I don't take it.....the pain is unbearable.
Cost: < $25 monthly
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Mar 11, 2010 (Started Feb 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take

Feb 23, 2010 (Started Feb 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 1, 2010 (Started Apr 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It really helps with the pain with out it being a narcotic. It still makes me sleepy but it is much easier on my system than the narcotics that I have taken in the past. I can feel a big difference when I don't take it. The pain increases and mobility is harder.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
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Feb 26, 2010 (Started May 14, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for breakthrough pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (difficulty falling asleep, muscle cramps, restlessness (akathisia), caffeine interaction)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: For pain relief this product works fairly quickly. It can cause one to be more addicted to things (ciggarettes, meds., etc.), itchy, restless, and cause dificulty falling asleep. With my fibromyalgia, I found taking it earlier in the day to be benificial, the restlessness helped me get out of bed during the day, and still able to fall asleep at night. Used along with 2400 gabapentin for moderately effective pain management.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: difficulty falling asleep, caffeine interaction, muscle cramps, restlessness (akathisia)
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Feb 19, 2010 (Started Jan 10, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Tramadol is incredibly effective and it builds up over time so you can take less and less. I would not be able to take care of my family without it.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: daytime sleepiness
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 15, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I take this medication for help with my reflex sympathetic dystrophy. It is a good maintenance pain medication for me. I also have a crawling pain in my legs, that kind of pain the keeps you from being able to keep your legs still at night. These totally eliminate that problem, a big time unexpected benefit. I can take this as a generic with no bad repercussions.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 2, 2010 (Started Jan 22, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It's very good for alleviating my depression, but only works for 4 or 5 days, then I begin to feel worse.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: tiredness

Jan 24, 2010 (Started Jan 22, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I've decided to try this pain medication for my depression. Opioid pain medicine has always alleviated my symptoms. Dependence issues are not important to me now because of the severity of my symptoms. I will be watching for tolerance problems while taking this medicine. Besides being an opiate, Tramodol is said to have SSRI properties as well...
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: tiredness
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 30, 2009 (Started Oct 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Back and hip pain, both sides)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: I tried to take tramadol as a replacement drug for pain relief instead of Vicodin but it did not help at all and I really wanted it to work so I kept trying to stick with it as so many people I knew had had good luck with it.. It was also very expensive so I finally gave up and went back to the vicodin.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 15, 2010 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (blurry vision, dry mouth, dry throat, rebound headaches, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: blurry vision, dry throat, rebound headaches, dry mouth, drowsiness

Oct 16, 2009 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (blurry vision, dry mouth, dry throat, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: blurry vision, dry throat, rebound headaches, dry mouth, drowsiness
  • 0 helpful marks
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