Tramadol is a protodrug...it has to be metabolized by the liver to its active form before it works on pain. Some people lack the enzymes to do this and so for those people tramadol is not a good pain reliever.
I tend to get nausea from it....about 2hrs after taking it. If a long period goes by and I don't use any, the nausea comes. But if I use it once or twice a month, or daily (like I had to on vacation when my back went out), I don't have any side effects from it.
I only use it once a day at night. My first dose was a whole 50mg and that was tough. I think tramadol is very different for each person.
One should always take a good amount of water with any medication. Some can burn the eosphagus or stomach if they just sit there with little or no fluid to dissolve them.
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