RE: What is Tramadol?

[Guest guest]

Hi Katy,

Tramadol (Ultram) is narcotic-like pain reliever used to treat moderate to

severe pain. I'm alittle confused with your comment of being told that

Amitriptyline (Elavil) is the same as Cymbalta... did I read that correctly?

They're both anti-depressants that are often used for pain as well, but they're

both different types. Amitriptyline, a much older one is an Tricyclic & Cymbalta

is in a class called SNRI's.

--- , black_raven@... wrote:

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> May I ask what Tramadol is? I take Gabapentin and Amitriptyline (Elavil) which

I told is the same as Cymbalta.

> Hugs

> Katy

>

[Guest guest]

here is the run down on Tramadol.

I always look up the meds here.

http://www.drugs.com/tramadol.html

*Suzi*

Katy wrote:

May I ask what Tramadol is? I take Gabapentin and Amitriptyline (Elavil)

which I told is the same as Cymbalta.

[Guest guest]

I take Oxycodin and Tramadol. The brand name is Ultram. It is a pain killer

stage 1 before they start you on the powerful opiates. It worked ok for me for a

while. Now I take Oxy and use the Tramadol for breakthrough pain.

How does Gabapentin work?

S

Katy wrote:

May I ask what Tramadol is? I take Gabapentin and Amitriptyline (Elavil) which I

told is the same as Cymbalta.

[Guest guest]

It's the generic name for Ultram. It's a weak mu opiate agonist, a SNRI,

amongst other properties. You really do need to talk to your doctor to see if

this is appropriate.

Elavil and Cymbalta are very different drugs. Elavil is a Tricyclic

antidepressant and Cymbalta is a SNRI antidepressant.

Here's a link to patient information from drugs.com:

http://www.drugs.com/ultram.html

Here's a link to the Wikipedia article. It appears to be accurate and well

written:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramadol

I hope that helps.

Regards,

The article

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> May I ask what Tramadol is? I take Gabapentin and Amitriptyline (Elavil) which

I told is the same as Cymbalta.

> Hugs

> Katy

>

[Guest guest]

neurontin helps me a lot, and the nice thing after you have been on it a bit

there are no side effects.

I wish I can take oxy Im allergic to it. I wonder if that would make me allergic

to tramadol?

Hugs

Katy

[Guest guest]

I was on gabapentin for close to 2 years. I had lots of the side effects ALL of

the time.

I'm glad that it's working for you. Guess it's like all medicines, works for

some and doesn't much work for others.

*Suzi*