Tramacet – Medication for Migraines
March 24th, 2008 . by Peter
After taking Tramacet, i noticed that it wasn’t really helping me get rid of the pain totally. Not to mention the drowsiness, heavy sweating, and dry mouth. I was curious why I was experiencing such maladies so I turned to the ever reliable Google about it.
Upon careful reading, i found out that it contains two active ingredients: tramadol hydrochloride & paracetamol
In addition, Tramadol hydrochloride is an opioid, meaning it relieves pain and though it’s kinda similar to morphine, it’s not going to eradicate the pain but rather just tries to minimize it. I also think that this is so because Morphine is a controlled substance and has addictive properties, thus having an addictive ingredient wont pass through the FDA. Going back, Paracetamol is a non-opioid pain reliever and is often used to treat simple headaches or slight body pains or fever.
Now, my doctor didn’t warn me before hand that this medicine may cause drowsiness. However, as i was reading through its label, one side effect caught my interest. Headache. I find it ironic that the sickness that i have been treating has a medicine that has head ache as a possible side effect. I hope that won’t happen to me, otherwise i would go ballistic because of the pain in my head.
