Ultracet and headache

I took one ultracet 5 hours ago for sciatica; I am now experiencing a severe headache along with disturbing thoughts when I lay down and close my eyes.

iIhave taken ultracet/ ultram before and had the same reactions. Last night I had nothing else to take for my awful awful headache, so I had to take the ultracet. First of all it did not ease the headache at all. I woke up this morning and felt like I had the jitters, I got hot and started sweating, then I started vomiting. Now my head feels like I am in a tunnel and I have cold chills. Anything with quick movement makes my head spin and I have to vomit again! If I had not known what this medicine made me do before I would have went to the ER, but fortunatly I know just to wait it out and hopefully it will be out of my system soon.

i started taking tramadol yesterday and within 15mins of taking the second dose i felt awful, headache, dizziness, vomiting, panic, difficulty in breathing, and i couldnt get up. have now been told by my gp to lower doseage the effects remain to be seen.

I have been on Lortab for about a year, only taking a max. of two pills a day and most of the time only taking one a day. I started seeing a new Dr. due to the fact that I am terrified of surgery. I am starting physical therapy now and my Dr. has put me on Ultracet in the mean time. I took one pill yesterday afternoon, an hour later I felt very disoriented, much the same as when I stared taking Lortab. I did seem to have alot of energy, again the same as when I take Lortab. I took one more about 4 hours later because it did not seem to help with the pain in my lower back. I then began to itch like crazy, mainly my nose, I thought I was going to rub it right off my face. I did not have any problems sleeping, but this morning I felt like crap. My head hurt and my eyeballs hurt (if that makes any sense at all). I felt a lot of tension in my back and neck so I took an Alieve; did not even touch the headache. I was scared of taking another Ultracet so I took a Lortab this afternoon. Headache and tension are now gone, I will try to take another Ultracet this evening. I know they say this not an addictive drug, but the euphoria it gives you is great. For people who are addictive type people, this would be an easy drug to become dependent on. Be careful.

The worst side effects on a medicine in my life!!!!!
Ultracet, did not let me sleep, work, or sit down. I was like dead in the sofa. I had nausea, head ache, bad, bad, baaaad!!
No pain relieve! No nothing!

I was prescribed Tramadol for TMJ pain. It works GREAT!! I understand some people cannot take them, but for the ones who can it is truly a miracle drug. It lasts for a long time, and gave me enough energy to clean my whole house. It took away any pains I had from TMJ, even my headache! I've never had a prescription narcotic take away my headache. For those who cannot take it, dont knock it, everyones bodies are different, take something else.

I took ultracet as prescribed by my doctor,but after the first pill, I was unable to get to sleep, had a terrible headache that felt like my was coming off. No more for me, I will deal with my pain with the help of God.

I have lupus and for me it worked wonders but now that i have been on it for more than six month it has been giving me some side effects lots of headache and eye pain my neoroligist told it was because i was taking to too much of it, now i am trying to cut back on them.

After several days of use, I can report side effects of minor headache and sleeplessness. For ostearthritis it works pretty well, better than hydrocodone for me, with less drowsiness.

I have terrible tension headaches after taking everything from everything over the counter even the pm ones so my mom gave me a couple of her ultracets to take. This stuff makes me feel VERY weird. Very disoriented, can't hardly function (at work) I know I am here but it feels like my mind is off wondering some where, very dry mouthed, very tired, was up all night last night. The list goes on and on however my headache is GONE!! That is what I was looking for!!!

Started taking Ultracet for severe headaches associated with Sinus infection.... felt ok with the first one last night, but today at work I am very disassociated, upset stomach, hands are shaking, dizzy, profuse sweating and unable to concentrate in "real-time". I feel disconnected from my sefla dn surroundings. I have never had these side-effects from any other medication before. And my headache is still somewhat present

I only got a headache the first couple of times I took it. I have discs pressing on nerves in my lower back, bad enough that I can't function. Ultracet has given me pain free days. I've just had surgery on my elbow, and Ultracet has taken care of the pain. This is the FIRST pain med that hasn't made me sick to my stomach, and I've tried lots! The 'five days' max to take them worries me, but I can't be without the ultracet. This is great stuff!

I have taken ultracet and it made me itch and my hand swelled and got tingly. I also had shortness of breath. I slept okay but I had a terrible headache. Not to mention being dizzy. That is with only taking 4 pills in 3 days. I would not recommend this to anyone.

Ultracet is HORRIBLE. It didn't help my pain but I was CONFUSED all day, giddy, and trembling. My heart felt strange and I couldn't find my science classroom. The next day I had a surprisingly strong withdrawal' I had a terrible headache and was depressed. This drug cannot possibly be healthy.

I was given Ultracet yesterday for pain relief from carpal and cubital tunnel. The side effects were as follows: headache, chest pain with erratic heart rate (not good as I have WPWS and take medication to regulate my heart rhythm) stomach cramps and was not able sleep. My doctor wants me to take this med for the next two weeks at which time I am to have surgery on my right arm and hand. This is a contradiction to the 5 day rule. I took 2 pills over the course of 12 hours. I won't take it again and I'm calling my doctor this morning!!!