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At 06:15 PM 12/28/98 -0500, Bruce Anderson wrote: >I may have passed some bad info on ULTRAM, a pain killer. i am taking the >liberty of posting to the list Neurologist Dr. Bob Fink's post to me re >same. > >Fortunately, Bob, you sign with your credentials so when i send this to my >pain center doc it has some built-in validity! Thanks!! > >BTW - THE EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC PAIN ZAPPER I HAVE BEEN USING SEEMS TO WORK > >From: Howard Harrington <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Ultram > > >>Someone on the listserv said that they were taking ultram and wanted to >know >>if anybodyelse was taking ultram for backache. I responded to his letter - > > >From: Robert A. Fink, M.D. <[log in to unmask]> >To: Bruce Anderson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Pain meds > > >> if anyone knows anything to the contrary about Ultram's narcotic >properties, >> I would appreciate hearing about it >Bruce, >I would consider Ultram as being somewhat more than "mildly >addicting". For occasional use, it is OK, but I would be careful. >Have you tried a non-brain-acting muscle relaxant? Ask your doctor >about Methocarbamol (trade name Robaxin). If taken in full dose (1.5 >grams four times a day), it can be quite effective in muscular back >pain (I use it for my patients and for myself). Robaxin has minimal >side-effects (occasional GI upset if taken on an empty stomach) and, >for 90% of the population has no sleepiness effect. > >Best, >Bob >*********************************** >ROBERT A. FINK, M. D., F.A.C.S. >Neurological Surgery >2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 >Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA >Phone: (510) 849-2555 FAX: (510) 849-2557 >WWW: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> >mailto:[log in to unmask] >"Ex Tristitia Virtus" > I LISTEN ONLY TO MY NERO