It's a type of medicine called ULTRAM ER (Tramadol HCl). Any info out there?
2006-09-08 19:20:26 · 6 answers · asked by Why_so_serious? 5 in Health ➔ Men's Health
It is a pain releiver and it is addictive and has side effects. See below, check it out yaself.
2006-09-08 19:25:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ULTRAM ER is indicated for the management of moderate to moderately severe chronic pain in adults who require around-the-clock treatment of their pain for an extended period of time.
2006-09-09 02:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by rita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HOW EFFECTIVE IS Ultram? Ultram has been given in single oral doses of 50, 75, 100, 150 and 200 mg to patients with pain after surgical procedures and pain after oral surgery. In single-dose models of pain following oral surgery, pain relief was demonstrated in some patients at doses of 50 mg and 75 mg. A dose of 100 mg of Ultram tended to provide pain relief superior to codeine sulfate 60 mg, but it was not effective as the combination of aspirin 650 mg with codeine phosphate 60 mg. In single-dose models of pain following surgical procedures, 150 mg provided pain relief generally equivalent to the combination of Darvocet N-100, with a tendency toward later peak effect. Ultram has been studied in three long-term controlled trials involving a total of 820 patients, with 530 patients receiving Ultram. Patients with a variety of chronic painful conditions were studied in double-blind trials of one to three months duration. Mean daily doses of about 250 mg of Ultram in divided doses were generally equivalent with five doses of Tylenol with Codeine #3 daily, five doses of aspirin 325 mg with codeine phosphate 30 mg daily, or two to three doses of Tylox daily.
HOW DOES Ultram WORK? Ultram acts on the central nervous system (CNS) and unlike codeine is a totally synthetic pain relieving compound. Although Ultram's biological process is not completely understood, at least two complementary mechanisms appear applicable: weak inhibition of reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin by nerves located within the (CNS) and the binding of parent compound and its metabolite to opioid receptors. Ultram-induced pain relief is only partially reversed by the opiate antagonist Narcan in several animal tests. Ultram has been shown to reduce reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine in vitro. These mechanisms may contribute independently to the overall pain relief profile of Ultram. Pain relief in humans begins about one hour after administration and reaches maximum effect in about two to three hours.
2006-09-09 02:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by someone s 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
go to mayo clinic .com and do a medicine search
2006-09-09 02:26:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS A MODERATE TO SEVERE PAIN RELIEVER USED FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS I.E. CANCER , OR JOINT PAIN IT IS AN ANALGESIC IN THE FAMILY OF OPIATES
2006-09-09 02:24:50 · answer #5 · answered by jk poet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone s, covered it nicely, but it's also been found effective on OCD.
2006-09-09 03:11:52 · answer #6 · answered by charley128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋