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What is Tramadol?

Tramadol is an opioid analgesic used for the relief of moderate to moderately-severe pain. Extended release formulations are indicated for patients requiring around-the-clock management of moderate to moderately-severe pain for an extended period of time.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 1252 346 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 663 185 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle pain 187 40 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Breakthrough pain 49 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 48 10 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle and joint pain 29 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 2157 patients currently taking Tramadol

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 61
Moderate
 98
Mild
 175
None
 254

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Tramadol

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 48
Drowsiness 38
Constipation 33
Nausea 23
Dizziness 22
Fatigue 21
See all 151 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Tramadol. See all 162 dosages ►

  50mg as needed 2 50mg as needed 100mg as needed 4 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily
  452 Number of Patients: 452 53 Number of Patients: 53 96 Number of Patients: 96 21 Number of Patients: 21 318 Number of Patients: 318 191 Number of Patients: 191 110 Number of Patients: 110 199 Number of Patients: 199 153 Number of Patients: 153 121 Number of Patients: 121  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tramadol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 202   Did not seem to work: 43%
Side effects too severe 113   Side effects too severe: 24%
Doctor's advice 103   Doctor's advice: 22%
Other 78   Other: 17%
Course of treatment ended 47   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Personal research 19   Personal research: 4%
Expense 13   Expense: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 10   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 6   Not indicated: 1%

See all 449 patients who’ve stopped taking Tramadol

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Tramadol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Tramadol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tramadol

Always
 390 66%
Usually
 132 22%
Sometimes
 54 9%
Never
 12 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tramadol

Very
 28 5%
Somewhat
 39 7%
A little
 74 13%
Not at all
 447 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tramadol

$200+
 4 1%
$100-199
 8 2%
$50-99
 14 4%
$25-49
 38 10%
< $25
 325 83%

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Report created on May 23, 2012.