ArticleJournal of addiction2017
High Rates of Tramadol Use among Treatment-Seeking Adolescents in Malmö, Sweden: A Study of Hair Analysis of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use.
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- Prevalence and factors associated with tramadol use among university students in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Patterns and social factors associated with non-prescription use of Tramadol: a cross-sectional study among youth in urban informal settlements in Ghana.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- "You get stuck in it": Young people's accounts of attempting to quit non-medical tramadol use.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2023Article
- Tramadol misuse in treatment-seeking adolescents and young adults with problematic substance use - Prediction of treatment retention.Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
- Changes in Dentists' Prescribing Patterns in Norway 2005-2015.International dental journal · 2022Review
- Factors Associated with Tramadol Abuse: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Commercial Drivers and Assistants in the Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana.Drugs - real world outcomes · 2021Article
- The Insurgence of Tramadol Abuse among the Most Active Population in Jirapa Municipality: A Study to Assess the Magnitude of the Abuse and Its Contributory Factors.Psychiatry journal · 2021Article
- "With tramadol, I ride like a Jaguar": a qualitative study of motivations for non-medical purpose tramadol use among commercial vehicle operators in Kumasi, Ghana.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2020Article
- Clinical characteristics distinguishing tramadol-using adolescents from other substance-using adolescents in an out-patient treatment setting.Addictive behaviors reports · 2020Article
- Facilitators to the continuous abuse of tramadol among the youth: A qualitative study in Northern Ghana.Nursing open · 2019Article
- Risk of Seizure after Naloxone Therapy in Acute Tramadol Poisoning: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundNonmedical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) is a growing problem and tramadol has been suggested as an emerging problem in young treatment-seeking individuals. The aim of the present study was to investigate, through hair analysis, NMPOU in this group and, specifically, tramadol use.
methodsIn a study including 73 treatment-seeking adolescents and young adults at an outpatient facility for young substance users, hair specimens could be obtained from 59 subjects. Data were extracted on sociodemographic background variables and psychiatric diagnoses through MINI interviews.
resultsIn hair analysis, tramadol was by far the most prevalent opioid detected. Thirty-two percent screened positive for opioids, and of those, all but one were positive for tramadol. Ninety-eight percent reported problematic cannabis use. Significantly more opioid-positive patients also screened positive for other (noncannabis) drugs, compared to nonopioid users. Sixty-four percent fulfilled criteria of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders, other than substance use disorders according to MINI. Fifty-three percent met the symptom criteria count of ADHD above cut-off level.
conclusionIn the present setting, tramadol, along with high rates of cannabis use, may represent a novel pattern of substance use among young treatment-seeking subjects with problematic substance use and high rates of concurrent psychiatric problems.
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