Call your pharmacist for the low down. Were these samples from the doctor? I always ask the pharmacist first before staring any new meds.

To late to call the chemist. Do you think if i leave the cita;lopram out i will be ok taking the tramadol

citalopram is cipramil here in uk. tramadol is a opiod based painkiller.
I have tried ciprami, but the thing is, it had to renew its licence last year, therefore it relaunched as citalopram, to gain a further 5 years (Ithink) grace. It made me put on weight, other than that it didnt really help with the fibro. Last week I was put on Tramadol 150 (bugger, can;t remember the term, but it releases the dosage over 24 hours) I have been taking it since Wednesday, and the only side effects so far are sleepyiness. Is that helpfulto yu

It should be fine if you have any concern call you pharmisist he knows more about any meds than the doctors do. I looked it up in the drug book and they should be fine taken together not unless you are sisitive to meds then any med could effect you. Good luck.

Thank you guys x x I left out the citalopram last night and took 150 of tramadol as i am in so much pain and it helped by knocking me out for a few hours x Going to speak to my dr today and get him to give me something stronger. Anybody got any ideas?

Yes ask for MS Contin It is morphined based and a long acting pain reliever....

Thank you x x My doc wont give me anything stronger so i am going to find one that will x x

I take 50mg of tramadol every 4 hours around the clock, and 10 mg of diazapam twice a day, I dont take them together, I space them at least 2 hours apart.. Im a terrible pill taker...Scared of a reaction.I wouldnt be a good drug addict..lol.. chicken little here.. took me forever to even take the tramadol.. but hurt so bad thought this is rediculous and helped.. meds are scary lots of side effects, toxins.. so.. hugs to ya.. trish50

The reason your not supposed to take the 2 meds together, may cause seizures. The tramadol has some anti-depressant effects and when taken with an antidepressent your basically overdosing yourself and your brain doesen't like that. So be careful and I would talk to your dr about finding a different pain med. -Heather

Tramadol is a good starter (synthetic-opiate, I lasted 8 months, and then it stopped working, and the side-effect was insanity; So my pain-specialist confered with me and I began Methadone (because itis lon-acting and potent on pain).
I did experiments with MS-CONTIN but needed too high
a dose 280mg daily, Since this was too high, I reverted to methadone (Physeptone in pill form),
This medie works great on my pain long term, because im on a high-dose 150 mg daily
(50mg am, 50mg noon 50mg Bedtime), I have no need for breakthrough medecine because of the way I moderate my high-dose. Apparently one can go as high as 200mg daily (max).
If required (emergencies)
I can take 30mg of morphine,
but this is rarely neede4d since I was changed to a higher-daily-dose.
I use valium (diazepam) judisciously (6 a week ) If I take too much of this med it effects Depressive episodes.
After 23 years of experimentation and pharmaceutical guinea-pigging, Im ok with my current regime, however I wish they could put Physeptone (methadone) in a transdermal patch (slow-release) system like Durogesic Patches (Fewntanyl)
I hear my rest-hour calling.
Top Site. Jessica