Drug Methadone

Question by dot: what are the side effects of ULTRAM ER?
Yes, it’s a narcotic and can dangerous if used incorrectly and/or abused, but what are the feeling you know of when taking it, if any.

The packaging says to take it every day at the same time/same hour, but can I just take it as needed?

Is it suppose to be taken with food?

Yes, I’ve searched online, but hoping for input from those who’ve actually taken it or have experience with ULTRAM ER.

Thank you!

Best answer:

Answer by DynodiKK
Sorry. Edit. Of course take it as needed if you can. This might be the Golden Goose to the positive side of Ultram.

If you never took an opiate in your life, it might be good. A genuine doctor on here referred to as a poor drug. I am not that kind.

Also not to be used in physically dependant people and not good for long term pain.

It is two compounds in one. One that works on Opiate receptors like Codiene but only on one Unit that Codiene does, and the other compound plays with your brain serotonin function.

This is a very weak opiate which randomly hits receptors and it gets it’s extra punchy feeling of euphoria from it’s anti-depressant serotonin inhibiting properties. Which incidentally can trigger terrible manic thoughts, depression, not sleeping, suicidal tendencies if the blood level is not maintained at a functioning level. Take it with Prozac and your done. Withdrawal can include brain Zaps. Does that sound good? Extreme blood shot ,baggy eyes. Side effects are fatique, constipation or diarrhea
•difficulty sleeping
•dizziness, drowsiness
•dry mouth (This was with me bad!)
•false sense of well being, feeling of unreality, mood changes
•headache (With me, sensations like I was gonna have a stroke)
•indigestion
•itching

If you are not a person physically dependant on opiates this can be a good drug. I have heard actual pharmacologists refer to it as a joke.

**************************************To A person physically dependant on opiates this drug in my opinion is a death sentence. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

One; there are still people that believe the lie it is a non-narcotic, non-opiate. OKAYYYYYYYY! And pigs fly, right?

It is totally synthetic and on a physically dependant person and a person that was a user of this drug for a long time, the withdrawal is hell and in my opinion worse than anything I ever felt. And minded there was nothing else in me! I personally think a person is better off taking hydrocodone. I firmly believe this and will adhere to this till I die.

Edit. Read above line in the above paragraph. I am here to warn you, not paint rosie pictures. As far as people that can handle it? Yea, I know one in Chicago. So? I also know a person that never took a pain pill in their life’s and took these as prescribed. The next day after one dose she thought she was gonna have a stroke and die.

I said it could be a good drug. I sure am not saying anymore. People have swallowed 80mg’s of Methadone and lived too.

Answer by Belldandy
I’ve had to take Ultram on and off for years, since it first came out. It isn’t very strong (I’ve also had to use morphine, fentanyl, and methadone at different times in the past–at higher doses than the person above me, actually), but for mild/moderate pain, it’s fine. It can make you feel high at first–taking it with food will stop that. I never felt high, but some people do. I did get dizzy when I first started it, but if I ate with it for the first few days I was OK. It can make you sleepy, so be careful driving until you know if you’re going to get knocked out or not!
With an extended release pill like Ultram ER, it’s really best to take it as it’s directed. This will send a steady stream of pain relief into your system. It’s much harder to treat pain if you wait until you start hurting–the medicine has to catch up instead of keeping a steady pace. Did that make sense? I’m trying to say that it has to work harder and is less effective if you wait until you hurt.
Don’t worry if you ever notice withdrawal symptoms if you miss a pill–it doesn’t mean your addicted. All addiction is now considered to be what used to be called “psychological addiction”. The physical part is just your body being used to it, which happens with so many medicines–not just pain pills! It can be hard to come off Ultram, but it doesn’t mean you have a problem. Your dr can just wean you off slowly–I’ve done it many times without incident–with this one and stronger ones, as well. If you’re taking it for pain and not for fun, it’s very unusual to get addicted. Only a very small fraction of chronic pain patients develop addictions, and most that do had problems with drugs or alcohol in the past:
http://www.nationalpainfoundation.org/My…
http://www.pain.com/
http://www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/publicat/…
(Sorry to go on and on with this subject–I just don’t want you to think you’re an addict if you ever have withdrawals or tolerance! It’s one of my major rant issues).

Oh, so busy ranting…I forgot to say…it did upset my stomach at first if I took it on an empty stomach, but that only lasted about a week.

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