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Re: Tried the Ultram/tramadolFrom: Jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon Sep 29 13:42:57 2003
At Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Jean wrote: >Hi, ultram takes about 45 min to kick in. works best when kept in blood stream, ask doctor or pharm but usually you can take 1 every 4 hours, or 2 every 6 if necessary, check on how much advil/tylenol to take with.. definitely check with doctor b/c it is possible to have seizures if you take too much. overall it is pretty good for improving functionality. glad to know it is helping some. Jennifer >I waited as long as possible, hoping to minimize the number of pills >used. Last night I was overcome with menstrual/endo pain, so I took an >Ultram and 5 Advil (normally I would have taken 8-10 Advil) and went >back to bed. At first I thought it didn't work, but it turned out it >took nearly an hour to take effect. I was just a tad weird in the head, >but it was still significant relief, *almost* pain free for about 4 >hours. Wow, though -- when the pain came back it was excruciating! >Nevertheless, I waited the full 6 hours before taking another one. I've >been taking them (one) every six hours today, sometimes with 4-5 Advil >and sometimes with 2 Tylenol, and would say that while I'm still really >impaired, I'm a lot better off than I was with the 40-50 Advil/day. Even >made it out to the store and was able to take care of my parrot (usually >he's confined to a covered cage while I wrestle in bed with the pain). >Hopefully I'll only have to take it one more day. > >-- >Jean >
-- Jennifer
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