Advances in achieving opioid analgesia without side effects

H Machelska, MÖ Celik - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Opioids are the most effective drugs for the treatment of severe pain, but they also cause
addiction and overdose deaths, which have led to a worldwide opioid crisis. Therefore, the …

A review on tramadol toxicity: mechanism of action, clinical presentation, and treatment

S Nakhaee, C Hoyte, RC Dart, M Askari… - Forensic …, 2021 - Springer
Aims As an analgesic that acts upon the central nervous system (CNS), tramadol has gained
popularity in treating moderate to severe pain. Recently, it has been increasingly reported as …

Comparative pharmacology and toxicology of tramadol and tapentadol

J Faria, J Barbosa, R Moreira, O Queirós… - … Journal of Pain, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Moderate‐to‐severe pain represents a heavy burden in patients' quality of life, and
ultimately in the society and in healthcare costs. The aim of this review was to summarize …

Process, advances, and perspectives of graphene oxide-SELEX for the development of aptamer molecular probes: A comprehensive review

Z Chen, Y Yang, X Cui, L Chai, H Liu, Y Pan… - Analytica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Aptamers are screened via the systematic evolution of ligands by exponential
enrichment (SELEX) and are widely used in molecular diagnostics and targeted therapies …

“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

P Peprah, W Agyemang-Duah… - … , Prevention, and Policy, 2020 - Springer
Background The misuse of tramadol has become a major aspect of the wider substance use
challenge in recent years and is evolving into a health crisis at an alarming rate. However …

Facilitators to the continuous abuse of tramadol among the youth: A qualitative study in Northern Ghana

AG Fuseini, A Afizu, YH Yakubu, G Nachinab - Nursing open, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Study aim Considering the alarming rate at which young people abuse tramadol, as
evidenced by the numerous media reports on the subject, this qualitative study was …

A comprehensive review of partial opioid agonists for the treatment of chronic pain

K Gress, K Charipova, JW Jung, AD Kaye… - Best Practice & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chronic pain is a common condition that is being increasingly recognized, diagnosed, and
treated in a variety of settings. Opioids can be used to treat chronic pain but at the cost of …

[PDF][PDF] Tramadol abuse among patients attending an addiction clinic in North-Eastern Nigeria: outcome of a four year retrospective study

AW Ibrahim, MM Yerima, SK Pindar… - … in Psychology and …, 2017 - researchgate.net
The 21st century Nigeria has witnessed changing trends in the patterns of psychoactive
substance use with Tramadol HCl emerging as a candidate drug in the North-eastern region …

Tramadol (opioid) abuse is associated with a dose‐and time‐dependent poor sperm quality and hyperprolactinaemia in young men

AGA Farag, MA Basha, SA Amin, NF Elnaidany… - Andrologia, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tramadol, one of the most commonly abused drugs in Middle East, impacts
spermatogenesis and disturbs reproductive hormones in animal studies. We aimed to …

Substance abuse and male sexual dysfunction: what lies beneath?

T Mostafa, M Alghobary - Sexual medicine reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Substance abuse has become a worldwide health problem, leading to
numerous consequences such as social problems among family members, abnormal …