I just had my wisdom teeth removed the doctor prescribed me 50mg tramadol. I took one per the recommended dosage it did absolutely nothing for the pain so I took another two hrs later. I am still in extreme pain and now I have a headache and feel nauseous. I haven't took too much pain medication in my life, I was prescribed vicoden once and it worked wonders for my neck pain. One of these sockets is in such severe pain idk how I will be able to sleep tonight. My question would be is this a normal prescription for my situation? And what should I do to remedy this situation? Thank you in advance.
Why is tramadol making me feel worse and relieving no pain whatsoever?
Question posted by offshore1 on 11 Feb 2015
Last updated on 20 September 2017 by lottacar
6 Answers
lottacar
20 Sep 2017
Tramadol makes me feel worse. I was advised Tramadol gives you relief after an hour. Not the case for me. Over the counter drugs give me more relief, however my pain is still severe. I have osteoarthritus in my hip and also my neck. I think my meds will have to be changed, as if a certain med does not work, why take it?
balbanese
11 Feb 2015
Best to contact your Dr., that's the remedy.
offshore1
11 Feb 2015
Well I contacted him, he said he won't prescribe anything else, thanks to all these pill heads trying to get their 'fix' most likely. I was told to take ibuprofen... which I tried already of course. Felt like I was being told to deal with it and I guess I have no other choice now.
balbanese
11 Feb 2015
Bummer, yes, it is because of all the abuse. Tramadol is a synthetic, not very effective, thing is, it is way up on the abuse list as well so, go figure.
Hang in there, wish I had more to offer you.
Delila
12 Feb 2015
Have you tried going through your dentist?
kaw06
11 Feb 2015
Do not suffer through this! Call doc & tell him tramadol isn't agreeing with you and your can't deal with the pain. Some people like this med, personally, I believe ibuprofen works better than this, with less side affects.
Delila
11 Feb 2015
Hi, Tramadol isn't always tolerated well, some people experience headaches & nausea, such as my mum, and need an alternative analgesic. Please speak to your doctor or dentist about a different prescription...
loveliftedme
11 Feb 2015
Sounds like u have what is called a dry socket. That is where the blood either didn't clot or was dislodged and u have an exposed nerve. No amount of pain med will help. U need to call u r dentist. He will give u strip of gause soaked n a deading agent that u will pack the socket with and get instant relief... been there done that.
coloresue
11 Feb 2015
Tramadol is an opiod pain med. Frankly, it doesn't always work well and causes the side effects you are having. To sleep tonight, I'd call the Doc or whoever is taking call for him/her. The dosage or the medicine itself can be changed, but only by the Doc. Don't fool around with this med yourself.
Csyinde
29 Dec 2016
Tramadol is NOT a opioid it is synthetic and dose nothing for some people. Unfortunately Im one of those people. Tramadol has become the doctors new hydro all of them only want to prescribe that now I get more relief from 2 advil. It's a sad world when pain medication doesn't relieve pain anymore but here we are.
jennatx
19 June 2017
Tramadol is practically useless for relieving pain; I was prescribed some after some minor surgery and found that taking ordinary Tylenol worked about as well. Unfortunately doctors are prescribing it more and more because of the hysteria over opioids. For actually relieving serious pain, you need something like hydrocodone.
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