Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Unleash the pain with tramadol!

Define Tramadol...
     
     Tramadol hydrochloride (Ultram, Tramal) is a centrally acting artificial opioid pain killer used in dealing with serious pain. The actual drug offers a broad range of applications, such as treatment for stressed legs affliction as well as fibromyalgia. This was developed by the pharmaceutical company Grünenthal GmbH in the late 1970s. 





How to use this?...


     Tramadol comes as a tablet and an prolonged-release tablet to take by mouth. A regular tablet is generally used with or without food every 4-6 hours as required. The prolonged-release tablet ought to be taken once a day. Consider the prolonged-release tablet at about the same time of day every day, and either always take it with food or always take it without food. Take tramadol precisely as directed. Do not take more medication as a single dose or even take much more dosages for each day than prescribed by your doctor. Taking more tramadol than prescribed by your doctor might cause serious side effects or death.


Prepping yourself...


    Inform your doctor as well as pharmacist if you are allergic to tramadol or even other narcotic pain or cough medications such as meperidine (Demerol), morphine (Avinza, Kadian, MS Contin), codeine (in some pain medications and cough syrups), hydrocodone (in Vicodin), hydromorphone (Dilaudid), oxycodone (OxyContin, in Percocet), propoxyphene (Darvon, Darvon N, in Darvocet), any kind of medications, or even any of the ingredients in tramadol tablets or prolonged-release tablets. Ask your pharmacist for a list of ingredients in tramadol tablets or perhaps extended release tablets.

Side Effects...  
  • weakness
  • sleepiness
  • difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
  • headache
  • nervousness
  • agitation
  • uncontrollable shaking of a part of the body
  • muscle tightness
  • changes in mood
  • drowsiness
  • heartburn or indigestion
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea
  • constipation
  • itching
  • sweating
  • chills
  • dry mouth
Inform your doctor if any kind of of these symptoms are severe or do not go away.

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