Tramadol

[chemar]

Hi all going back to work tomorrow after a flare in my right wrist/hand & it's still painful was wondering if there's a better way of taking tramadol without it making me feel like a zombie!! Lol would appreciate any feedback from you lovely people many thanks & gentle hugs michelle xx

[Livingston]

There is a once a day modified release preparation of tramadol which can help level out the concentration of it in your blood - thus avoiding the peaks & troughs you get with 4-6 hourly dosing. This might be helpful..... However, you may find that it levels you out in zombie mode, which would not be a good thing!

It's annoying that the good painkillers aren't always very compatible with work. Have you tried anything else - co-dydramol, co-codamol - or does codeine not agree with you? It can be surprising how one thing can make you really spaced out but another drug doesn't. Sometimes you have to try a few different things to get the right one for you.

Hope work goes well.

[chemar in reply to Livingston]

Thanks for replying will try codeine I have that as well x

[sueathome]

Hi, I've taken Tramacet daily for years without problems. They have 37.5mg tramadol and 325mg paracetamol in each tablet. I take 1 or 2 tablets (depending on pain level, time of day etc) every 6 hours. The minimum I take is 1 tablet every 6 hours, as I find that if I leave a long gap, the next ones don't work as well. I have an alarm that goes off at 5am, when I usually take 2, then the next are at 11am, 5pm & 11pm. The GP got me to try switching to separate tramadol & paracetamol (probably cheaper for them), but it didn't work for me. Hope you're managing OK. Sue x