Anyone tried Nucynta (tapentadol)?

I have read about other's experiences, although I don't have any of my own. It is very, very similar to tramadol, in fact has similar properties, although again it is supposed to not have as many side effects.
Those that have used it have not reported glowing reports about it and it's pain relief properties. It is supposed to inhibit norepinephrine re-uptake. If you have had negative experiences with anti depressants previously, I would be careful with it.
Here is a link to it.........http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155091.php
Sandi

Oh Frances, doesn't sound like that was a good drug for you at all. I'm pathetic on narcotics, hallucinations are the pits, I seem to be particularly sensitive to them so I can really relate. Take it easy, drink lots of water and try to flush it out of your system, at least mentally. Play some relaxing music and be with someone you trust to help you through. My heart is with you, golitho

Hi Frances,

I've never heard of this medication, but your reaction to it does not sound good at all! Actually, it sounds really worrisome to me. Have you tried calling your doctor's office? If your doctor has an answering service, then they should be able to get in touch with the doctor on call (assuming your doctor takes call). If not, there is always the ER. Is there anyone who can come over & stay with you until things improve? Keep us posted! (((((((((Frances))))))))

Skeye

Frances you don't always get hives and some of the other usual things when having an allergic reation. Is there an all night pharmacy you can call and talk to a pharmacist? If so, I would consider asking about taking some Benadryl only if the pharmacist says it to be ok. The heat is a reaction. I am very worried about you.

Thank you White Beard for posting to Frances, I am so worried about her. My brain is just not working, I am afraid its beginning to swell my legs are, I have got to get up out of this chair & get my feet up.Susie

Frances,
I just signed on tonight so am just reading your posts. I totally agree with Susie and White Beard. I am also worried about you. Is there a friend you can call to be with you? Your posts don't sound like you. Please don't take this medication again.

Tomorrow when you're feeling better I hope you print out some of this and take a look at your responses. You'll see it yourself. I wonder if you could even show them to you doctor (selected ones, of course) because they'd be date/time stamped and your doctor could see some of your symtoms and the way you were thinking.

I just hope you're ok tonight. Please, if this doesn't get better call 911 or at least call a friend to come over. The E.R. might at least give you something to help you with the side effects. How about calling them to ask about benadryl or something.

Please, take care of yourself! I know you're trying to.

PaLady

Frances,

I hope you are doing alright this morning & were able to get in contact with your doctor. We are all worried about you.

Skeye

Starydog

I hope Frances is alright her posts last night really concern me allot! They sure were not her normal type of post, that is for sure!

Do you remember Snowflake? I often wonder what ever happened to her, she had nose cancer and was suppose to have surgery this past summer. She was in a very very bad way, and I often think about her and wondered if she.......well I hope she is alright!

White Beard

Frances, I am not dr honey, but I have a wacky body that does not tolerate medications well at all. What you went thru last night was a reaction to that medication and it is something you should never take again. You may not wake up again if taken again. Those kind of reactions are not good end of story. As I said last night all reactions do not have hives or shortness of breath.

Your PM dr should not hold you hostage to a medication that is obviously not one you should be on. If he has your best interest at heart he will tell you to get rid of that crap. I am so glad you are ok you really scared us and did the right thing to keep posting to us here. Its really a shame we don't have a better way to check on our members that are alone such as you and PaLady that when you get in trouble like to did last night.

Frances you are one smart gal, you know what you can and cannot take and like you said, thats what has kept you alive all this time. Never veer from your own gut feeling, it serves you well. Hugs coming your way kid.

frances, I know how you feel, I remember I had a PM doctor that wanted to force me to take Kadian, and i told him over and over that morphine does nothing for my pain but it somehow irritates my upper stomach to the point where it hurts so bad that I feel like I'm having a heart attack and can breathe. And I went into his office and told him, and called and called, and it was just ignroed. Also he had me on a dose that was not suffciant enough to the methaodne I was on before and I was having withdrawals. Then he said he would raise the kadian, and keep stiking with it, abut I told him I was really getting sick, chest pain, stomach pain, withdrawals,and he said if it was "bad enough" then go to the ER. I got so upset, why should I go to the ER when he can just take back what was left of my medication and give me back my methadone, he had been prescribing it for a long time with no problems, til I had breakthrough pain and he switched. He was just a big jerk, always changing his mind, and he always had to reread my file when I came in like he never saw me bofore, and when I asked about what we talked about last time, he always called me a liar.

So yea, it's not fair that we have to deal with some weird medication cause the reps gave them a bunch of free stuff, probably including a bonus for ever few patients they kept on it. Luckly that was the last straw with him and I left him, never came back.

-carmen

Frances,
I really think your doctor is working with a rep doing some kind of trial, and that's why he wants you to continue. But it's absolutely absurd and dangerous, IMHO. I hope if it gets any worse that you call a friend. I wish you hadn't been alone when you took it tonight.

I hope you're ok.

Hugs,

PaLady

Thats the key question that remains unanswered here, why switch you when you had something that worked. It was very wrong of him to insist on you taking that medication a 2nd time. Its not your problem he has a newborn and has missed some sleep. Welcome to our world of sleepless nights. The idiot. I am sorry that you have to look for a new dr but I think its in your best interest. Sometimes, I think these drs dabbled in their own drug samples way too much!!!