Does tramadol help anyone get any relief, and or is there a dosage to take at one time that usually does the trick?? I think the limit is 400mg a day for most adults...I'm out of balcofen at the moment, which I don't think it did much help anyways. Galbapentin I don't think helps either, or I can' tell the difference. I still hurt. Tramadol has helped me sometimes and I just got a prescription for it a couple of days ago. I use to have it, but was off of it for several weeks.

Seems that nothing is really helping me to be honest at this point. Muscles are still tight as always, and like my other post, that part under my left pec muscle is very sore and hurts when I breath deeply and touch it. I do go back to the MS Center for the MRIs and Spinal Tap on Sept 16th, so maybe I can ask if I can get something to aid my relaxing my muscles? Balcfoen was prescribed to me from advice from people on here and a few others I've asked, but it doesn't work for me.

Any advice on Tramadol, and the rest?

There is an interaction warning using tramadol with any SSRI drug, like Zoloft, etc. This can lead to serotonin syndrome and/or seizures.

Tramadol is useful for nerve pain, and some people with PN find it useful. However, it is slow in onset to work, as it needs to be activated in the liver to its active metabolite which is the real pain reliever part. Some people have a genetic error which does not have the enzymes in the liver to do this, so tramadol does not work for those people.

Tramadol is abusable, and some people become addicted to it. However, this potential is much less than opiates.