2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.02.007
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Fatal unintentional intoxications with tramadol during 1995–2005

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“…The mean ingestion dose in males and females were reported 2413 and 1706 mg, respectively, which went well with our study's results [5]. During two-yr study, only one patient (0.29%) out of completely poisoned patients died eventually which was less than some other studies [18][19][20].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…The mean ingestion dose in males and females were reported 2413 and 1706 mg, respectively, which went well with our study's results [5]. During two-yr study, only one patient (0.29%) out of completely poisoned patients died eventually which was less than some other studies [18][19][20].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…However, tramadol presented a very low falsification ratio in view of its level of use in the population. In Sweden, tramadol abuse was reported to be associated with prescription forgeries and a number of unintentional deaths [40] in the years 1995-2005. In a recent study using pharmacovigilance data, 104 reports of tramadol dependence were identified from 1995 to 2006, corresponding to 0.5 reported cases per million defined daily doses sold per annum in Sweden [41].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of subjects using tramadol, 40% had no ongoing prescribed treatment with the drug. The clinical utilization of tramadol and other opioid analgesics has increased markedly (Fischer et al, 2007;National Board of Health and Welfare, 2014;WHO, 2006;UN, 2014) and the diversion of tramadol has been debated (Tjäderborn et al, 2007, Winstock et al, 2014. In Sweden, in addition to the benzodiazepines, tramadol is one of the most commonly confiscated prescription drugs (Swedish Border Authority, 2014) and, as in some other countries, the drug is scheduled (MPA, 2007 and.…”
Section: Main Findings and Their Interpretationmentioning
confidence: 99%