Could prolonged use of vikodin ultram skelaxin and aleeve cause profuse sweating my husband has chronic pain and arthritis and has been taking these meds for 3-5 years. he is having episodes of sweating even at rest- could this be a sign of other symptom

Though : Though there are large number of side-effects associated with any drug, the fact that he has been taking them for a long period of time argues for a different reason for his profuse sweating episodes. Recommend that your husband evaluated by his physician for another cause of the sweating.

Yes: Opioids in particular (but not Naproxen or skelaxin) can cause increased sweating as a side effect. In addition, if a person is taking a significant enough dose for long enough, and then reduces or stops the opiate, sweating becomes even more intense as a sign of withdrawal. If the sweating is mostly at night, there is concern forunderlying infection. He needs to discuss with his doctor.