Anesthetic drug "Tramal". Instructions for use

The international name of this drug is "Tramadolum" ("Tramadol"). It is possible that it is under this name that the medicine is known to readers. In its description of the drug "Tramal" instructions for use informs that the medicine is an opioid analgesic. Its active ingredient, tramadol, is a synthetic opioid with a pronounced analgesic and analgesic effect, also having a sedative effect.

Action of the drug "Tramal" instruction for use compares with morphine. It is noted that with the application of the drug in question, there is practically no depression of respiratory functions. Tramadol has virtually no effect on hemodynamics, and when it is used, the risk of drug dependence is reduced.

In comparison with the drug "Morphine", "Tramal", this dependence is much less frequent, and it has less pronounced character. In this case, the drug "Tramal" (tablets and other forms) is several times weaker in its analgesic effect than such drugs as Morphine and Codeine.

This drug is produced in capsules, drops, suppositories, ampoules. We particularly consider the drug "Tramal Retard", which is a tablet with prolonged action. They are produced in contour cell containers, 10 tablets: 100mg, 150mg, 200mg. A cardboard pack contains one, three, or five packs of medicine.

Tablets "Tramal" instructions for use recommend for pain of varying intensity and etiology:

• Pain caused by myocardial infarction.
• Traumatic injuries.
• Oncological pathologies.
• Postoperative period.
• Premedication is the preparation of patients for surgery.

The drug begins to act after fifteen minutes, its effect lasts about six hours.

Regarding the contraindications to the drug "Tramal" instructions for use informs that it is forbidden to drink alcohol during treatment. Other contraindications in use:

• Poisoning with other narcotic analgesics and psychoactive substances, poisoning with sleeping pills and alcohol.
• Drug addiction, including in a state of remission (the drug "Tramadol" is prescribed with caution).
• Pregnancy and lactation.
• Epilepsy.
• Renal failure, hepatic insufficiency.
• Children under one year of age (parenteral administration).
• Children under 14 years (ingestion)
• Hypersensitivity.
• Severe CNS depression.

How is Tramal Retard used? Enough two meals a day. Meals in this case are not taken into account - use the medication at the same time in the morning and evening. Children over the age of fourteen and adults are prescribed 100 mg of the drug for one dose (1 tablet). If the desired effect is not achieved, the dosage can be increased and a 150 mg tablet is prescribed for one dose.

Intervals between receptions should be six hours or more and set individually. For elderly patients, this interval may in some cases be increased. The maximum daily dose of the drug "Tramal" is 400 mg. Treatment aimed at reducing or eliminating oncological or post-operative pain may require increased doses of the drug.

Children older than one year may be prescribed a drug "Tramadol" in droplets or solution. In doing so, it is taken internally. For such small patients, the daily dose is calculated from 4 to 8 mg per kilogram of body weight.

Symptoms of an overdose of the drug "Tramal" can be convulsions, shortness of breath, fainting, tachycardia. Given the fact that the drug is an opioid, morphine antagonists (Naloxone) can be used as a treatment.

The medicine "Tramal" is a potent drug. It must be stored in a place inaccessible to children.