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Bye Bye taste buds!

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friwikiwi
friwikiwi

Greetings all! I have been prescribed 50 mg Tramadol Capsules & have been taking them for just over a week and I have noticed the following two things have happened since being on them;

1) I have no appetite as in I just don't feel like eating anything/not interested in food &

2) When I DO force myself to eat something-YUK!-All I can taste is if it is Sweet,Salty or Bitter but none of the complexities of the individual item itself are apparent AND the categories are over enhanced i.e the Salty/Sweet/Bitter tastes really, REALLY Salty/Sweet/Bitter. Has anyone else had this happen to them?

fk

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  • peter25514
    peter25514 friwikiwi

    Posted

    Hi

    Stop taking them asap before you get addicted. More problems will start. Look for other meds.

    • Gerrymoo
      Gerrymoo peter25514

      Posted

      Peter- I couldn't agree more with You, I've not been the same since I started them, still on going issues since I stopped taking them after only 4 months of 1- 2 caps per day.

      They get dished out like Smarties and then don't understand you when the problems start!

  • marie33
    marie33 friwikiwi

    Posted

    Hi, I take Tramadol on an as needed basis because I DO NOT want to become addicted to them. I never have that "SE". I also take 50 mg. I suffer from Neuropathic pain. It doesn't even help for the pain!. Can I ask what you're taking them for,?

    • friwikiwi
      friwikiwi marie33

      Posted

      Hi Marie,

      I have had Pleurisy and the pain in my right lung was excruciating.I tried Paracetamol/Ibuprofen/Aspirin but they had no effect at all. I ended up at the GP's and they prescribed other medications & Tramadol which did work but I noticed the absence of taste after taking them for a week, which was weird as I've never taken them before. Thankfully the pain has started to subside so now I've stopped the TRAMADOL and can manage it with Paracetamol. My taste buds are slowly starting to come back thank goodness and so is my appetite. Very weird experience.

      fk

  • MaryLip
    MaryLip friwikiwi

    Posted

    I have been warned against Tramadol, I am wondering if it is a fairly new drug used for chronic back pain.  I have suffered back pain for 42 years? 
  • ronald20197
    ronald20197 friwikiwi

    Posted

    I started taking tramadol and after a week I had exactly the same experience.

    1. Constant Nausea.
    2. I have no appetite as in I just don't feel like eating anything.
    3. When I DO force myself to eat something-YUK!-All I can taste is if it is Sweet,Salty or Bitter but none of the individual item itself.
    4. I can eat boxed cold cereals with milk. That doesn't taste bad; the sweetness is OK. Fresh corn on the cob is OK. Chocolate milk and chocolate candy is OK.
    5. I'm 74 years old and never had these sensations before. I don't think that I have ever been prescribed Tamadol before.
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