been sick for 4 weeks with cough and sore throat went to docs and he gave me a prescription for amoxicillin and cough syrup hydrocod polst cpm feeling better ..been taking meds since last sat. day of doc visit. I have lumbar stenois, and arthiritis and take tramadol twice a day for that .. i m 71 on jan 1 ... haven t taken tramadol for over a week cause I ve been in bed. now feel better and back to doing stuff around house. Afraid to take both drug s.