Tramadol - Side Effect situation and should I stop?

I have the same problem with Tramadol makes me super sick, but only thing my doctor will give me for my intense back pain. I find if I take hydroxyzine half hour or hour before Tramadol I dont get sick, my pharmacist said it is safe to do so. Hope that helps and hope you feel better.

I was given a script for 50mg every 6 hours for pain associated with knees, neck, lower back, feet and ankles. After taking the first 2 pm doses, I felt dizzy almost like a drunken state. In the AM I took a 3rd dose about 10:30am. By 1pm, I felt nausea and dizzy. I attributed to the 95 degree heat and no A.C. in car. I arrived home by 2pm. I felt sick about to throw up all day. even laid in cool tub of water as I was sweating all day. I looked up dosing information. It said Dosing should start at 25 mgs per dose to let your body get used to it. Even though I was so nauseas not one time today did I say , " My back hurts, or my neck hurts" I have been in chronic pain since 2002, it began effecting physical activities in 2008. I used ibuprofen until PE and DBT in Jan 2017. This is first time a Dr. has put me on pain management. I have a back injection on the 26th. in Feb I had Synvisc one injections in both my knees. my knees no longer hurt. I'm hoping injections will be an option for other locations as my poor liver needs rest.

Tramadol can make you very very very nauseous if you do not take it with food. I take it and if I don’t eat I throw up within 15-30 min every time. I’m not sure why directions aren’t placed on the medication to take it with food.

I started taking tramadol since yesterday for the pain releif due to kidney stone. Now I've got stomach cramp, headache and vomited several times. I think I'll go to my GP and have it changed.

I too, feel like complete crap after taking Tramadol. Nauseous, dizzy, no appetite for a couple days now. Threw up a few times. Do take that other antihistamine medicine! Eat a puce of dry toast. Drink carefully. It will help a lot!

I came looking for an answer because I took two 50mg tramadol this morning at 4am and at 8pm I am still feeling sick. I had almost the same experience as you! I called the ER where they were prescribed to me and the nurses there were not helpful at all. I will be suffering because I am not going to take these pills anymore! Thank you so much for sharing your experience because I thought something was wrong with me :-/

Hi Michelle, i am so sorry to hear what you have been through! That is terrible. I have heard of people reacting badly to Tramadol, my mother being one of them, but never this bad. I can't believe you weren't instructed to stop taking them immediately. This would certainly be my first port of call, to ask for an alternative prescription. I hope you are feeling better by know, or soon will be. Taking the Hydroxyzine with the Tramadol could certainly exacerbate the symptoms, but still, no one should have to put up with feeling that way!

I was prescribed tramadol as I have hep C stage 3 cirr well I don't remember how to spell it, anyhow I took it as prescribed and 2 weeks later I realized that my brain was not working, well really my wife realized I was gone. I don't remember the emt's showing up, going to Atlanta, going to Kansas etc. I kept looking for my plane[ I don't have one] I had went to the bathroom, stood there and pee'd but I didn't unzip my pants. I stopped taking it and when my liver doc tried to give them to me again , I said I'd rather hurt and know what's going on than take it. so I wouldn't ever take it again.

Sounds like a horrible experience to me. I would not bother trying to take another pill. Tell your doctor you cannot function on this med and get a different prescription.

While its not an allergy it is a severe reaction to it. I've never heard another person have such a reaction. I would not take another one, and call your dr. The hydroxyzine would be helping the nausea.

Hi Michelle,
I'm sleep deprived, so do be kind if I don't get this right : )

I didn't see why you were prescribed Tramadol in the first place, could you elucidate us with that info, please? That may have a bit to do with why you are feeling so very horrible, or it may have absolutely nothing to do with it.
We just need that info if you don't mind?

I certainly hope you are feeling better by now, and call your pharmacist if you can't get ahold of your doc, your pharm may be able to help. IF you are in a bad pain situation call your doc to get a new rx for something other than Tramadol.
Best wishes to you,
Lara

Hydroxyzine is an antihistamine used for runny nose and also for anxiety. The reaction you had to the tramadol was severe enough that I would call the doctor and explain before proceeding with another lesser dose. Let the doctor decide what is appropriate.