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margaret22251
margaret22251

Could anyone tell please if they are taking Tramodol as well as pred.

Many thanks

Mags

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  • ptolemy
    ptolemy margaret22251

    Posted

    I was offered it by GP when I had sciatica, although I did not take much of it as I am a bit iffy about opioids. 
  • Nefret
    Nefret margaret22251

    Posted

    Yes, I am and have been for some time.  However, I take it for nerve pain not the muscle pain caused by PMR.  I'm not sure that it will provide much  relief as a pain-killer just for PMR - most don't help at all.

    Are you taking it for something other than PMR?

    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 Nefret

      Posted

      Yes they have found that i have mid foot OA, so that is the reason i have to take it as i can hardly walk,  and they said they can do surgery.

      Do you have any side effects at all. I am reluctant to take it as well as pred, but the pain is so bad i have no choice.

      Many thanks

    • ptolemy
      ptolemy margaret22251

      Posted

      Tramadol should be pretty good to stop the pain. The only problem is it is an opioid and so is addictive. Loads of people take it on the other hand even with PMR, just don't overdo it. I have not come across a drug without a side effect. People I know say they feel tired and spaced out, I have no problem apart from constipation.
    • ptolemy
      ptolemy margaret22251

      Posted

      I forgot to say the real downside of Tramadol, in my case anyway, is you can't drink!! 
    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 ptolemy

      Posted

      thats a bumer going away soon!, but if it helps me to walk a bit more than i am doing at the moment it will be worth it, and i will take everything you all have said on board.
  • helen88071
    helen88071 margaret22251

    Posted

    Hi Mags, I take Tramadol & paracetamol along with Humira & Methetrexate and Pred. God I sound like an addict...... I stopped the Tramadol earlier, but sometimes needs it when I over do it. Rather that than raising the Pred again. Anyway at 17.5 pred and dropping again....
    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 helen88071

      Posted

      well done, is it ok to just stop taking Tramodol then? or can i use it like paracetamol.

       

    • ptolemy
      ptolemy helen88071

      Posted

      Hi Helen, I am amazed that Tramadol helps your PMR pain. I had it before I was diagnosed and it was worse than useless.
    • ptolemy
      ptolemy margaret22251

      Posted

      Hi Mags, you can just stop taking Tramadol, it is not like pred. In fact it is recommended not to take it for too long as it is addictive.
    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 ptolemy

      Posted

      Hi ptolemy, many thanks thats one of the reasons i am not sure if i should take it.

      Really i have enough with the pred.

    • EileenH
      EileenH margaret22251

      Posted

      But if the pred isn't helping for a different sort of pain then you need the tramadol and that is why they've prescribed it. I think what ptolemy probably means is that you can take it some days if the pain is worse and not others if you feel you can manage without.

      In your reply to Nefret you said they have said they CAN do surgery - is that right? If so what and when?

  • EileenH
    EileenH margaret22251

    Posted

    There won't be many I doubt. Most painkillers don't do anything for PMR - though they MAY do something for the other things that can appear alongside PMR. For PMR itself a mg or two more of pred is far preferable - and less addictive.
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