Medication 'Tramadol'. Instructions for use

The medicine "Tramadol" (suppositories rectal) is an opioid analgesic. The drug has a pronounced analgesic effect.

The drug "Tramadol", whose composition includes tramadol hydrochloride (as an active ingredient), is recommended for the elimination of pain syndrome of strong and medium intensity of different origins (after trauma, postoperative period and others). In addition, the drug is used to anesthetize before performing some diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations.

Contraindications to the drug "Tramadol" instruction considers hypersensitivity, children's age (up to fourteen years), the period of breastfeeding, pregnancy, simultaneous administration of MAO inhibitors. No remedy is prescribed for conditions complicated by depression of the central nervous system (pronounced nature) or breathing (when poisoning with psychotropic, narcotic, analgesic medicines or alcohol).

Among the side effects of the drug "Tramadol", the instruction calls diarrhea, symptoms of psychostimulant effects, dyspepsia, excessive sweating, asthenia. The medication can cause itching of the skin, vomiting, headache, constipation, dizziness, nausea. In some cases, abdominal pain, urinary retention, visual impairment, tremor, hallucinations, tachycardia, hypotension, weight loss may occur. Allergic reactions are considered a rather rare side effect when taking Tramadol.

The instruction recommends that the undesirable consequences be reported immediately to the doctor.

As observations show, the frequency of occurrence of negative manifestations increases with an increase in the duration of application of the drug. Long-term use of the drug may cause drug dependence.

Dosage regimen is established by a specialist. The amount of the drug depends on the nature and intensity of the manifestation of the pain syndrome.

Patients with fourteen years of medication "Tramadol" instruction recommends the use of one suppository. The drug is injected rectally (into the rectum).

The drug "Tramadol" continues for four to eight hours. The daily dose should not be more than four hundred milligrams (four suppositories).

To alleviate the pain syndrome against the background of tumors, higher dosages of the drug are needed. In this case, the doctor can recommend other dosage forms.

It is recommended to use one suppository in patients with impaired renal and hepatic activity, in patients in advanced age. For prolonged use, it is recommended that these individuals increase the gap between applications. The duration of treatment is determined by the doctor.

When an overdose, convulsions occur, and respiratory depression is noted. To ease the condition, symptomatic treatment is necessary in specialized conditions. To eliminate convulsive syndrome, it is recommended to use the drug "Diazepam".

Interaction with other means

When the drug "Tramadol" is used simultaneously with alcohol and drugs that can depress the central nervous system, there may be a mutual strengthening of central effects (respiratory depression including).

Use in combination with neuroleptics in single cases can cause the development of epileptic seizures.

Reducing the duration of action and reducing the analgesic effect of the drug may trigger the drug "carbamazepine".

Medication is not prescribed in combination with MAO inhibitors. Otherwise, the risk of life-threatening phenomena increases.

The medication "Tramadol" should be taken by the doctor. Before applying, you need to study the annotation.