Guest guest Posted March 25, 1999 Report Share Posted March 25, 1999 Hi, Bill, and all, I use Ultram in the early evening; about 6:30 mor so. It does help with pain, but if I do not take it, my legs will start every time. I do take drug holidays from it 2 days a month, but I don't like it. I have 2 very bad nights when I am in the holiday mode. n root, I find, does help a bit, but I do dread the nights off of the Ultram. Donna/Vt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 1999 Report Share Posted March 26, 1999 Thank you very much for all the info. on Ultram!! I've already tried Permax and Mirapex and had to drop each after a couple of weeks due to side affects. My Neurologist thought Requip would have fewer side affects so I started that last night but I always like to plan ahead as none of these drugs seem to last forever. Bill,51,Illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 1999 Report Share Posted March 26, 1999 Isn't that funny?(odd) Valerian makes mine worse. COCO Mo. Donna Elliott wrote: > > > Hi, Bill, and all, > I use Ultram in the early evening; about 6:30 mor so. It does help with > pain, but if I do not take it, my legs will start every time. I do take > drug holidays from it 2 days a month, but I don't like it. I have 2 very > bad nights when I am in the holiday mode. n root, I find, does > help a bit, but I do dread the nights off of the Ultram. > > Donna/Vt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Have you visited our new web site? > http://www.onelist.com > Onelist: Helping to create Internet communities > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This forum is for support only. The information posted to this List is for support purposes > and is not intended to replace the examination, diagnosis and treatment of a licensed > physician and no such claims are inferred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 1999 Report Share Posted March 26, 1999 ---------- From: Ann Cianflone[sMTP:ann@...] Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 3:18 PM To: Bckrich@...' Subject: RE: Ultram Bill: I was prescribed Ultram for the pain of a shingles condition. It was effective to a point. The more I took the less it worked. I got through the acute part of shingles using 10-50mg pills a day. The relief I got was that it knocked me out so I could sleep away hours of the day. Once awake, the pain of the shingles reasserted itself. It did alleviate the rls at the same time but when the worst of the shingles was over and I tried to dump the Ultram I put in the worst nights of my life with rls. When I cut the Ultram to a single 50 mg pill it gave me an hour or two of relief from the rls and when that wore off the rls was rather awful. It took me a year and a half to garner the courage to live through Ultram withdrawal because of the rls. It was about a month before the drug was out of my system. The rls I live with now is far more endurable than what I experienced when I was on the Ultram. I have not, and do not intend to look for another drug to alleviate rls. From what I read on this support line you are out of the frying pan and into the fire. Nothing works forever and then you are stuck with the withdrawal from a drug that is not even alleviating the rls problem. My own advice would be that if you haven't started on Ultram, don't even start. Regards, Ann Cianflone ---------- From: Bckrich@...[sMTP:Bckrich@...] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 7:45 PM To: rlssupport (AT) onelist (DOT) COM Subject: Ultram From: Bckrich@... Is Ultram used by people with RLS to relieve pain, or lessen the restlessness, or both? Bill,51,Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are proud as punch of our new web site! http://www.onelist.com Onelist: The leading provider of free email community services ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This forum is for support only. The information posted to this List is for support purposes and is not intended to replace the examination, diagnosis and treatment of a licensed physician and no such claims are inferred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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