Medications
'Safer opioid' has sparked a crisis in vulnerable countries
Reports rolled in with escalating urgency—pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists.
Dec 13, 2019
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News tagged with tramadol
Medications
Tramadol is an odd, unpredictable opioid, scientists say
Scientists who've studied the curious chemistry of the opioid tramadol use an array of adjectives to describe it: "unpredictable," "messy," "crazy."
Dec 13, 2019
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Medications
Health Canada considers restricting painkiller tramadol
Health Canada said Wednesday it is considering regulating the popular pain killer tramadol as an opioid, after seeing a spike in prescriptions over the past several years.
Nov 22, 2017
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Health
Tramadol-related ER visits up 2005 to 2011
(HealthDay)—There was a sharp rise in the number of emergency department visits involving tramadol between 2005 and 2011, two new government reports show.
May 15, 2015
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Study examines opioid use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
A new analysis indicates that the use of opioid pain medications in older US rheumatoid arthritis patients peaked in 2010 and is now declining slightly. By 2014, 41% of rheumatoid arthritis patients were regular opioid users.
Jun 21, 2017
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Medications
Effects of tramadol on cognitive and sports performance
Researchers from the University of Granada have published the first randomised controlled trial of the effects of tramadol on cognitive and sports performance.
Dec 20, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Does tramadol increase hip fracture risk?
Use of the pain medication tramadol was linked with a higher risk of hip fractures compared with the use of other pain medications in an analysis of a patient database from the United Kingdom.
Feb 5, 2020
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Medications
FDA further restricts pain medication use in kids
U.S. regulators are strengthening warnings about the dangers of two types of powerful painkillers due to risks of slowed breathing and death.
Apr 21, 2017
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