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Re: non narcotic pain meds, any ideas?
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Sep 18 10:31:05 2007
toradol isn't the same as ultram, I think you are thinking of tramadol.
Tramadol is the same as ultram, toradol is completely different - the
generic is ketorolac and it's an NSAID.
If your doctor won't help you with the pain, ask for a referral to a
pain management doctor!
At Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Angie wrote:
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>Toradol and Ultram are the same medication. I never understood but
>every med seems to have two names, the brand name and the chemical name.
>
>At Mon, 17 Sep 2007, luna624 wrote:
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>>my doc has put me on Naproxen, then after that did't help she put me on
>>Toradol...that didn't really help either so then she tried 800mg
>>Motrin...which still doesn't help. She doesn't seem to want to give me
>>any narcotics, which is what I need to dull this pain!!! But, out of all
>>of them Toradol seemed to help the most, so maybe that will work for
>>you.
>>good luck
>>
>>At Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Mary wrote:
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>>>What exactly is serotonin syndrome? I never heard of it?
>>>
>>>How about Motrin/Advil?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>At Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Jessica wrote:
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>>>>Does anyone know of any non narcotic prescription pain meds out there
>>>>that are not ultram. My pharmacist just informed me that I shouldn't
>>>>take Ultram and my antidepressant amitryptalin together because it could
>>>>cause serotonin syndrom. It took my Dr. along time to write me
>>>>anything for the pain at all and I know he wouldn't be comfortable
>>>>putting me on narcotic pain meds as much as I am on the ultram. He
>>>>prescribes 1 ultram every 4 2 6 hours for the pain. I try to not take
>>>>them on a reg basis and Sometimes that doesn't even help but I feel I
>>>>shouldn't ask for anything stronger because he might just stop helping
>>>>me altogether. So I'm trying to find an alternative to the Ultram and
>>>>something that works just as good or better without being a narcotic.
>>>>Thanks Ladies
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