Thanks for the suggestion mrsD. its 1am here so all closed but will grab some in the morning. Im going to go another moderate dose of predisnone
tomorrow, currently my leg is in the shape of a chicken wing when i try to walk

very little pain laying in the recliner thank goodness.

p.s the knee is warmer but not red

I used to be on Elavil (Tramadol) to fight the fibromyalgia and it worked very well; I couldn't take it after 3pm 'cuz it would give me sleep apnea. So the administration was only in the morning. I realized this narcotic was only masking the pain so I faded it out of my "diet" and found myself very tired; I guessed it was the withdrawal symptoms. But after just a few weeks, I was okay. I decided to live with the pain that sometimes tells me I should take it easier some days than others... Of course the doctors tried talking me into taking more stuff. I'm not taking anything anymore and it's been years now. The pain from osteoarthritis is slowly incleasing and I live with it: jacuzzi 45 minutes every day... That is all I can do that doesn't have side effects. I guess I'm not hurting enough to try drugs yet... But it takes me a good hour every morning before I feel "soft" enough to get dressed; right away is impossible, even putting my slippers on without pain!

Can you clarify this please? Elavil is amitriptyline.
Ultram is tramadol.

My wife and I are both extremely sensative to this drug. I took one standard dose, which was supposed to be one of many, etc, etc.

I slept for three days and then "woke up". I could not talk. I could form the words in my head, but could not make my mouth work. It was like being in a dream filled with jello. I cried and cried.

This ONE PILL took a month to wear off. My wife's experience was similar.

ok I have already requested once that this thread return to the topic of ELAVIL and so I am asking one last time that this back and forth about other products be taken to either a new thread or PM, or I will be locking this thread

thanks