Sorry to respond 3 times to this post -

But I wanted to VENT some anger for a second here.... I cannot believe they are now trying to push Ultram/Ultracet on people for pain as bad as a broken rib!!!

That is maddening... A broken rib is VERY painful (I have done it myself, although I was pretty young) - Something like that requires opiates to kill the pain. When we have all of these great opioids that medical science has come up with, WHY on earth would they try to give you Tramadol for a broken rib?!?! That truly, truly p1sses me off and puts me in FEAR that I will break any bones anytime soon. A broken bone, especially a rib, definitely warrants REAL opioid pain medications. He needs them. That is what they are HERE FOR..... I can see a doctor trying to prescribe Ultracet for chronic headaches or something, if he was in fear of getting the patient hooked on opioids, or in fear of prescribing too many opioids (although that makes me mad too but that is a different subject) - but for a broken bone??? That is insane. He needs some percocet and/or at least hydrocodone to even BEGIN to calm the pain from a broken rib.