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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 28 1
Other 7 1
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 2
disease-related symptoms 1 0
Back pain 1 0
Fibromyalgia 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 25%
None
3 75%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth
1 25%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Tramadol. See all 14 dosages

  2 50mg as needed 50 mg as needed 50mg as needed daily mg as needed 3 mg daily 10 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tramadol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
4 57% Did not seem to work: 57%
Doctor's advice
3 43% Doctor's advice: 43%
Side effects too severe
2 29% Side effects too severe: 29%
Personal research
1 14% Personal research: 14%
Course of treatment ended
1 14% Course of treatment ended: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Tramadol

Currently Taking Tramadol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
6
4
8

Stopped Taking Tramadol

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 25%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 25%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.