premise: Ultram works best when it has achieved a stable concentration in your blood stream . This means taking tablets or capsules over several weeks . The conventional tablets at standard dosage is taken 4 or 6 times a day . The extended - release version is taken twice daily . Why might someone decide to take the extended release version ?
hypothesis: Because they only have to take it 4- 6 times a day , and it 's easier to remember .