Percocet Vs Tramacet (Page 6) (Top voted first)

Hi. I'd like information comparing Percocet (Oxycodone / Acetaminophen) and Tramacet (Tramadol hydrochloride / Acetaminophen). Is Percocet a stronger more powerful pain killer than Tramacet? If so, by how much? If you have been taking Percocet are you likely to get the same effect from Tramacet? Is there a chart somewhere that compares or ranks all pain killers comparatively? If so please tell me where. Thanks - good health to you all

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I have been on tramacet for a year while waiting for a hip replacement. A cortisone shot made the pain much worse. I had no side effects. I had the doctor switch me to tramadol so I would have control of the acetaminophen. I ended up using about 3000mg of acetaminophen. When the pain became unbearable sleeping was a real issue so I decided to cave and move up to Hydromorphone at night. It really helped. After 8 months the nerve pain settled down and I went back to just tramacet for two months prior to surgery. Had my hip replacement last week. One night I took percocet. It was much stronger and more effective at alleviating pain than tramacet. So glad I only needed it once. I am so worried about the addiction factor. Now I am reducing my tramacet and hope to be drug free in a couple of weeks. What a year!!!!

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Here is a comparison list I found:

vaughns-1-pagers.com/medicine/painkiller-comparison.htm#prescription-pain-medications

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Please be careful with the Tramadol if you have had prior opiate addictions..it will still give you the withdrawal symptoms if you take it for a long period of time...trust me I know.

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Would u b able to tell me if a medication called tramac etc is as strong medication as
Percacet.

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I have been on both related to a total hip replacement. They are not the same. Tramacet is not as strong as percocet. Percocet is highly addictive. Percocet is less so but I did go withdrawal when I quit using it. The tramacet was for the months waiting for the surgery and the percocet was used sparingly for post surgery pain.

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I made a typo. That should read: Tramacet is less addictive.

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No wonder Dr.'s don't want to give out scripts. THOSE of us who DO suffer from chronic pain DO NOT NEED to explain our pain over and over again to get relief. You're attitude (stupidity) does not make it any easier. Grow up.

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Re: 2BBlue (# 124)

According to NIH.gov, Tramadol is classified as an opioid analgesic.

Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0012486

Other medical literature also use the terms opioid, opiate & semi-synthetic opioid interchangeably, with regards to Tramadol.

Additionally, the FDA classifies Tramadol as a narcotic - Source: fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm462997.htm

Hope this helps clear up any confusion.

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I've had Rheumatoid arthritis for over 30 years. I change my pain meds every few years to prevent addiction and find relief. I started with aspirin about 25 years ago and I now take Percoset. I don't recall ever taking Tramacet, but as it is a derivative of morphine, I won't bother with it. Morphine and it's derivatives cause me more trouble than what relief it gives me.

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I am 22 and have been taking tramacet for a few years now for chronic pancreatitis, i live in alberta, it is fully covered by my drug plan and it works great for me. when i have an attack i take 3 pills and the rest of the day is good. it is addictive and the withdrawls are bad. but it has been good for me.

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I found that the side effects with Ultracet, which contain Tramadol, are far, far worse with certain generics. I had been on a good generic and when the pharmacy switched I was nauseated and having visual problems that gave me the sensation of car sickness. I also had headaches. It went on three months before I realized what was causing the problem. Going on the brand-name Ultracet cleared up the problem. Like all pain relievers you need to take it with food, though.

I am a believer that generic drugs are not always good. For example, brand-name Claritan (antihistamine) works for me. If I take the generic I break out in hives.

The FDA does not regulate the foreign manufacturers of most of our generic drug ingredients. China has been caught putting ingredients that do not belong in baby formula, pet food (remember all the dead dogs?) and even in medications sold to hospitals. (Dennis Quaid's newborns nearly died a couple years back.)

Globalization has not been such a good thing for drug and product safety. We have lost a lot of jobs to "free trade" and look what we have to show for it. Even brand-name manufacturers such as Mattel have sold lead-tained toys to kids due to the foreign sourcing problems. I trust the food and drugs out of these Third World countries even less.

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However Percocet is HIGHLY addictive. Maybe the could be the reason for your headaches. They were withdrawn headaches. I asked my surgeon about Percocet after a total knee reconstruction. He was very reluctant to give me Percocet, only letting me take it for a total of two days after the initial three doses of morphene IV's. Tramacet is powerful however not as powerful as Percocet, BUT Percocet withdrawal has the exact symptoms you described. Those were not due to tramacet, those symptoms were due to the fact that your body has become dependant on Percocet. Which is not good. Coming from an EMT-P, even I am reluctant to give my patients Percocet.

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Tramadol and Percocet and steroids prescribed to treat Sciatica pain due to spinal stenosis. None had any effect at reducing the pain level.

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So much damage is done to your liver and kidneys with alot of the pain pills. Have you tried a shot of brandy. Way easier on the liver and kidneys and does work wonders.

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Tramadol is in fact a narcotic. I know 100% as i just asked my father who is a family physician.

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... Under the FDA in the US, Tramadol is classified as a narcotic.

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just given tramacet for long term leg pain is it good or bad

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I just recently broke my clavical (coller bone) In a cycling incident. I was prescribed 30mg codiene phosphate tablets to help with the pain since there is nothing that can be done for a broken coller bone other then to give it time to heal. After 2 nights of not being able to sleep for more then 40 minutes at a time I made an appointment with my family doctor to get something better for the pain, which is when i was given 60 tablets of Tramacet.(To my surprise since they are new to Canada) While Ill admit the tramacet is more effective then the goodies of T3's aka codiene, there is still a moderate amount of pain which I have decided to self medicate myself with my own drug of choice- not pills either. I have had percocet before and without a doubt they can effectivly relieve you from pain (and give you a wider range of side effects when taken frequently or beyond recomended dose), by comparison they make tramacet seem weaker then a halls cough candy for pain.

Keep in mind pretty much 100% of your pain relief comes from your head, all medications do is try and block the pain receptors in your brain, if you take something and are convinced its working based on knowing you just took something doesn't mean it actually works. That is play placebo tests are done in the first place.

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My experience with tramacet / tramadol was limited to 3 times for acute pain twice for dental and was given before waking up after having my 2nd penile implant. The actual tramacet can has devastating side effects. I gather not everyone will experience what I did. The dentist prescribed tramacet because I was a new patient and she was reluctant to prescribed Percocet and was told its equally effective. I took 1 dos of 2 tablets I was kinda expecting similar feeling to Percocet boy was I wrong! My head felt so weird and seemed to whine and creek inside my head and was extremely on edge. I took a 2nd dose later that day and started feel very blue/ anxious/ down / kinda outer body feeling and PREOCCUPATION IN COMMITTING SUICIDE. WITHOUT RATIONAL THOUGHT I IMPULSIVELY TOOK ALL THE TRAMACET AND OTHER RX MEDS I TAKE AFTER 10 MINUTES I REALIZED I MIGHT DIE I TOLD MY 3 ROOMMATES WHAT I DID THE EMERGENCY ROOM PUMPED MY STOMACH ABD GAVE ME ACTIVATED CHARCOAL AND AN OPATE ANTIDOTE. I SURVIVED THAT ORDEAL AFTER A FEW DAYS IN PSYCHE. I HAD NO PSYCHE HISTORY AT ALL BUT HAD RELATIVES WITH BI POLAR. I put that ordeal behind me but at the time still confused why I tried TO COMMIT SUICIDE. I DIDN'T MAKE THE CONNECTION TILL THE 2nd time I went to that dentist. I had dental work done and prescribed TRAMACET and later that evening ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY USING A SERRATED HENKELS STEAK KNIFE AND SAWED THROUGH MY ARTERY (NOT VEINS WHICH MOST ATTENTION SEEKERS DO) OUTSIDE IN EVENING DAYLIGHT EVEN THOUGH NEIGHBORS WERE SHOUTING AT ME BLOOD WAS GUSHING ABD SPRAYING OUTTA MY LEFT WRIST THE NEIGHBORS CALLED 911 AND RCMP AND PARAMEDICS TOOK ME IN TO GET FIXED UP. I AGAIN WAS PUT UNDER OBSERVATION. IN MY 3 DAY OBSERVATION A PSYCHIATRIST SAW MY HOSPITAL RECORDS AND TOLD ME TRAMACET / TRAMADOL WAS THE SOURCE OF IMPULSIVITY TO WANT TO HARM OR KILL MYSELF. OMG I WASN'T CRAZY AFTER ALL. TRAMACET=SUICIDE FOR ME AND APPARENTLY QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING IT. SUICIDE IS A SIDE EFFECT OF TRAMACET. IT'S RELATIVELY LATELY DISCOVERED. My third experience I had my 2nd penile implant and was administered TRAMACET IV before I woke up!!!! THE UROLOGIST DIDN'T KNOW MY HISTORY It was just the 1 IV dose and was given morphine and oxycodone once the slip up was discovered. I was discharged after 2nd night. ON THE THIRD NIGHT I WANTED TO TAKE 43 PERCOCETS ABD THEN SECURE A PLASTIC BAG OVER MY HEAD WITH RUBBER BANDS!! I WAS MENTALLY UNSTABLE AND CALLED 911 BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE AND WAS UNDER PSYCHE OBSERVATION FOR 2 DAYS UNTIL THE WEIRD FEELINGS IN MY HEAD PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND THE PSYICALLY WEIRD SENSATIONS IN MY HEAD. TRAMADOL=SUICIDAL THOUGHT OR IMPULSES. DOCTORS DON'T USUALLY KNOW ABOUT THIS WEIRD EFFECT FROM TRAMADOL. DOCTORS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WITH HIS DRUG AND IF THEY PRESCRIBE IT TO A PATIENT THE DOCTOR FULLY IMFORM THE PATIENT OF THIS POSSIBILITY. WITHDRAWAL FROM PERCOCET MAY NOT FEEL GOOD BUT ITS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN TRYING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. VERY DANGEROUS DRUG. NEW FDA WARNING IN 2010 ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SUICIDAL IDEATIONS AND ACTIONS. AS FOR PAIN KILLING EFFECS FOR ACUTE PAIN IS MARGINAL COMPARED TO PERCOCET.

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