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ReviewCureus2020

Tramadol for the Management of Opioid Withdrawal: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.

Kaushal Shah, Billy Stout, Hunter Caskey

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Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Managing acute opioid withdrawal with tramadol during COVID-19 lockdown in a peri-urban setting.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2022
    Article
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  5. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kaushal ShahPsychiatry, Griffin Memorial Hospital, Norman, USA.
Billy StoutPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Recovery Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
Hunter CaskeyPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Griffin Memorial Hospital, Norman, USA.
Griffin Hospital · USThe Recovery Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increase in the prescription of opioid medications has resulted in a wildfire of misuse of opioids, both for medical and non-medical reasons, with over 1.7 million people in the United States (US) suffering from distinct disorders owing to opioid use. While various medications, such as methadone, buprenorphine, and naloxone, among others, have been used in treating opioid withdrawal symptoms, concerns of the potential abuse of these drugs, the cost of procurement, legislations, and prescription policies have risen. In recent times, tramadol has been considered a viable replacement for some of these treatment regimes. Tramadol is a synthetic analgesic that acts centrally, possessing opioid-like effects due to the binding of its metabolite with the mu (µ)-opioid receptor, yet with low potential for abuse. Several clinical studies conducted in the past ten years have identified the effects of tramadol in opioid withdrawal cases. The results showed that it exhibits better efficacy and tolerance with fewer side effects in specific clinical scenarios as compared to existing available detox management. We aim to examine the properties of tramadol in opioid withdrawal through this systematic review of clinical studies on humans.

Indexed as

buprenorphinecgicowsdependencedetoxmethadoneopioid medicationopioid reversalopioid withdrawalows

Identifiers

PMID32789069
PMCPMC7417126
OpenAlexW3041947221

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Registered trials

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