I take tramadol. For period pain, its not helpful for me anymore. Years ago, when I was looking for a safer, non narcotic RX painkiller, my Dr. prescibed me tramadol, and I wasnt used to it, and it did help actually during my period. But Im afraid that was 7 years ago. A lot has changed since then, and unfortunately since Ive been taking it for so long, its not as effective as it once was-I try to ration it of course. If it doesnt work for your period endo pain- Its helpful for other endo pain, and its a lot safer than tylenol 3. Also a hell of a lot easier to get than other RX pain killers.

I take tramadol (ultam) for daily chronic pelvic pain due to endo, and ovulation pain- it is effective for me and no side effects for me. When I take tylenol 3 I get tired and headaches. Tramadol is not a controled substance, and for me, its not as strong as codeine...but much stronger than motrim (which does nothing, never did-just like you).

So Tramadol is a good medium, and SAFER! Also I dont feel im in danger when I take it. When you stop taking it, which I was able to do when I had a few breaks over the years in pain, I didnt get side effects like headaches or whatever, that you'd get from other meds. Honestly, I think this can be very helpful for you! Message me and let me know how it works for your period. Worse case scenario, you can use it for the other endo pain during the month. I really think will work at least for a long time. Just stay on top of taking it-safely!

Did the Dr give you Ultracet or Ultram? I hope and think he/she gave you Ultram, I assume its Ultam if its 50mg tablets. Ultracet has tylenol in it whereas Ultram (which is only Tramadol) does not-which is again safer, and yet stronger because it has almost 20% more of the mg's of tramadol in it.

Ultracet is tramadol with tylenol with I think 30% tramadol. I took that at first and was happy to switch to Ultram because it does not have tylenol in it, and Ultam was more effective for pain. Tylenol can be silently dangerous. Good luck and Im sure it will be helpful!

I was prescribed tramadol and it did not work for me pain wise. All I wanted to do was clean and in the end it only made my pain worse. It was the weirdest thing.

I was then put on Hydrocodone and even that did not work alone. I ended up being perscribed meloxicam for my back pain and if I take 1 hydrocodone and 1 meloxicam it seems to work.

oh boy oh boy! haha. i guess we shall see once the random endo pain hits me again (not due for my period for a bit). i hope they work for me, or its just going to be me going back to the doctors looking like a pill popper. :( which is the last thing i want to look like cause i'm certainly not. i hope they work, because if i take them when I'm having some crazy pain and they don't work ohhhh nos :(
if i get any random pain lately i'll take them, and let y'all know how it works for me. i wish she had of prescribed me what works for me, which is oxy. oh wells. thanks y'all

It kind of worked for me, but it really made me too out of it to ever want to take it again. Everyone is different. It didn't put me to sleep, it just made me VERY woozy. Nothing I could ever take while doing anything. Not for me.

It is so funny how everyone handles medications differently (be it pain meds or bc or whatever) That being said, Tramadol was not very effective for my pain. It also kept me awake all night. It did seem to lift my mood though so that was a nice bonus. I didn't stick with it long term because of the inability to effectively manage my pain.

Is this a new doctor for you? I think it may be important to note that in my experience, some doctors have protocols and won't prescribe the good stuff right off the bat. They have to work their way up, so to speak. Do you have a recent prescription for oxy that you can show her so that she understands that is what you need?

If not, and you don't feel comfortable forcing the issue, you may have to stick it out through one or two more lower meds to get up to the medication that seems the most effective for you. :)
Hope that helps!
~Jo

I personally did not handle Tramadol well. i was givien Ryzolt, a 24 hour tramadol basically. I broke out in a rash on my back, and felt very dizzy and funny for a while. I think i react to codeine like substances...

Tramadol is my sometimes medicine. It works best when you don't take it for a while and then take it for moderate pain. You can also take it and combine certain meds with to help the pain relief alone. It can be combined with tylenol or motrins. It works for me but off and on. I can't take it for longer than 3days in a row it just wont stop the pain. And it does keep you up at night so I try not to take it after 3pm. Like most medicines different things work for different people. Good luck and I hope you get some relief soon!

I took Tramadol for post-concussion syndrome.It helped for a bit, but i forget the reason i was taken off it.i think i may've had some sort of reaction to it.i'm a super lightweight so my body reacts wierdly to different medications

it didnt work for me, made me very high and dizzy, norco worker better.

I take it for fibromyalgia pain. I was on depo provera from sept til match and just got my first period off it two weeks ago. It wasn't a bad one so I haven't tried to use it yet for period pain.

Tramadol worked well for me with my arm pain in the past, but I had a seizure as a result of medications that cause seizures. SO, I cannot take Tramadol for more than a couple of days at a time. I noticed that someone said it is a good pain reliver if it is a light-pain day, but not for more than a few days in a row. It has some caffiene in it, and it made me hyper and wanting to clean, work, etc. (although a lot of pain meds seem to do that for me lol). Good luck with finding something that works!

ladies you are awesome :) luckily I've been pain free, hoping it'll stay like that (haha doubt it!), at least for a few more days.

I will say of the few times I've taken it it's been mostly in the day...I took it Monday evening as I was having a wicked flare...tears were coming to my eyes uncontrollablly, that's how badly I hurt! The tramadol did help but I had a bad night of sleep. I was like half asleep all night...never fully asleep. But that happened to me two weeks ago when the same wicked evening flare happened and that time I didn't take any meds...do I'm unsure if the tramadol kept me awake Monday night or the flare!

(fibromyalgia flare that is...not an endo one! Although I'm midcycle and think that contributed to this flare!)