Ultram a scam?

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Tom Malcolm - 23 May 2005 02:26 GMT

My doc persribed me Ultram, it seems to have
no effect at all, Asprin works better? Is Ultram
really a pain pill?

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halo2 guy - 23 May 2005 02:38 GMT

it is an analgesic.

> My doc persribed me Ultram, it seems to have
> no effect at all, Asprin works better? Is Ultram
> really a pain pill?

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Pete - 23 May 2005 04:34 GMT

halo...what the hell are you talking about. Right out of a medical
dictionary, an analgesic is "a medicine used to relieve pain". Does that
not make it a pain pill. I agree with Tom - Ultram is useless. It is
supposed to "increase the availability of serotonin and norepinephrine in
certain brain centers, and also works at opioid centers, thereby relieving
pain". DUH!!...Pete

> it is an analgesic.
>
>> My doc persribed me Ultram, it seems to have
>> no effect at all, Asprin works better? Is Ultram
>> really a pain pill?

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Tom Malcolm - 23 May 2005 05:15 GMT

> halo...what the hell are you talking about. Right out of a medical
> dictionary, an analgesic is "a medicine used to relieve pain". Does that
> not make it a pain pill. I agree with Tom - Ultram is useless. It is
> supposed to "increase the availability of serotonin and norepinephrine in
> certain brain centers, and also works at opioid centers, thereby relieving
> pain". DUH!!...Pete

Yep, Ultram is right up there with tylenol and aspirin as
far as pain killing ability, I tried to return it to the pharmacy
but they won't take it back. What a scam, I guess I'll
stick to poison/hydrocodone - err, APAP/hydrocodone.

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Gary Duncan - 27 May 2005 06:52 GMT

>Yep, Ultram is right up there with tylenol and aspirin as far
>as pain killing ability, I tried to return it to the pharmacy
>but they won't take it back. What a scam, I guess I'll stick to
>poison/hydrocodone - err, APAP/hydrocodone.

It helps with pain but it isn't heroin. Perhaps, Mr. Malcolm, you
just need to see your local street drug dealer instead since you
appear to be looking for a high rather than help with real pain.

Too bad your doctor cannot give you something for the whining
problem.

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halo2 guy - 24 May 2005 03:37 GMT

I said it was a pain pill, but I used the word analgesic and not 'pain' per
the industry standard.

> halo...what the hell are you talking about. Right out of a medical
> dictionary, an analgesic is "a medicine used to relieve pain". Does that
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>>> no effect at all, Asprin works better? Is Ultram
>>> really a pain pill?

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Don W. McCollough - 23 May 2005 05:28 GMT

> My doc persribed me Ultram, it seems to have
> no effect at all, Asprin works better? Is Ultram
> really a pain pill?

I've found it to be useful and therapeutic for my headaches. I don't have
any bodily pain,
so I can't say anything positive about it there. Its a mind-over-matter
drug and I've read tons of posts
saying that its useless. Other people with Fibro and headaches/depression
do say positive things
about. Other people say it works as an antidepressant PRN.

The thing is that it takes about 3 hours to start working, so its not like
oxycontin or morphine which act quickly. Then, depending on your
metabolism, it works for 3-5 hours.

Definitely not a scam. It does work as advertised in *some* patients.

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Jim Nugent - 24 May 2005 13:45 GMT

> Definitely not a scam. It does work as advertised in *some* patients.

As I understand it, Ultram is supposed have some of the qualities of opiates
or barbiturate analgesics (e.g., Vicodin, Fiorinal) but be much less (not?)
addictive. I didn't work for me.

It's like Buspar (anxiolytic): they apparently can prove that it works in
enough patients to get it approved, but apparently still a minority. Also
not addictive like, say, Xanax. Buspar didn't work for me.

ps I am not a pharmacist.

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