Re: Anyone Tried Ultracet?
From: Jean (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jun 9 19:26:41 2004
Hi Julie,
I know what you mean about the Advil. I don't have pain every day, but
last year I was taking about 30-40 200 mg Advil per day on the three bad
days of my period and people were warning me that I could drop dead of
organ failure! Even with the Advil I was still in terrible pain on those
days. What can you do. My pain situation lightened up after some very
strange health stuff happened (in a nutshell, over a few months I gained
a lot of bloody ascites, this made me unable to eat very much, I lost
body weight, they drained 5 liters of ascites, and ever since I've been
much better. Go figure.) I'm now taking 1200 mg doses of Advil
alternating with either 2 Ultram or one Dilaudid (the latter left over
from the hospitalization last year), and only have to do this on the
three bad days of my period. So far. And the ascites has not come
back, thank goodness.
Good luck with your surgery and pain management!
At Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Julie wrote:
>
>Thanks for the response Jean. I think I will look it up. I just don't
>really know what else to do. I am on cbcp and have been for four years
>now, but I am in pain all day everyday. I was taking 1600mg of advil
>three times a day just to ease the pain enough to barely make it through
>the day. I have been doing that for almost five years and I had to find
>something else. With the ultracet I only take two pills twice a day
>(four total). She gave me some percocet for really bad days, and so far
>I haven't touched them. I don't take the meds to prevent pain, I only
>take them when the pain gets so bad I can't do anything but cry.
>Unfortunately that happens several times a day. I am in the process of
>setting up surgery with Dr. Albee in Atlanta, so hopefully I won't have
>to be on anything by the end of the year.
>
>At Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Jean wrote:
>>
>>Hmmmm ... I don't agree. It is addictive and can give you a nasty
>>withdrawal syndrome if you take several pills a day for more than a few
>>days/week or so. My $.02 is, limit your use of the drug to when you
>>absolutely need it. I only take it now on the worst 2-3 days of my
>>period, and this keeps it working for me. There are discussion groups
>>on the internet about the withdrawal problems people have with
>>tramadol/Ultram/Ultracet.
>>
>>At Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Julie wrote:
>>>
>>>My doctor just gave me ultracet for pain. It is not a narcotic and
>>>therefore not addictive according to her. I had been taking an
>>>unhealthy amount of advil and refused to go on narcotic pain meds for
>>>fear of addiction. I have never heard of this drug, but it really works
>>>great. It has tramadol HCl and acetaminophen(tylenol) in it. I was
>>>just wondering if anyone else has ever heard of this or tried it and if
>>>it has worked for anyone else.
>>>
>>>--
>>>"A cheerful heart is good medicine,"
>>> Proverbs 17:22
>>>
>>--
>>Jean
>>
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Jean
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