Posted by Elizabeth on June 27, 2001, at 23:37:31
In reply to Re: Ultram and all of the above » JD_online, posted by shelliR on June 27, 2001, at 18:03:54
> Thanks for that information. Did you ever try ultram for your pain, and if so, did it affect your depression?
I wanted to mention this, thanks for reminding me. Ultram does *not* work for my depression although buprenorphine, morphine, etc. do, which is unfortunate because Ultram isn't a controlled substance, comes in a pill, and seems to lack the annoying side effects of the stronger opioids. (It's *very* weak.)
> BTW, I could not even keep the tiniest bit of effexor down; my body outright rejected it.
I had the same problem with immediate-release Effexor (but not XR): every time I took it, I got sick to my stomach.
Effexor isn't a very good pain medicine, although these days it's trendy to try to throw ADs at people for chronic pain. Ultram seems like it would be especially well suited for use in chronic pain because of its long-acting primary metabolite (O-desmethyltramadol). It's a pretty poor choice for acute pain because it takes like three hours to work!
-elizabeth
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