Fact Sheets/ Alerts

FDA: Tramadol Information

FDA Consumer Update: Codeine and Tramadol Can Cause Breathing Problems for Children (2017)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA restricts use of prescription codeine pain and cough medicines and
tramadol pain medicines in children; recommends against use in breastfeeding women (2015)

EMCDDA: Opioids-related DRD: a focus on tramadol and other medicines 

Journal Articles

Trends in Tramadol: Pharmacology, Metabolism, and Misuse (2017)

Clinical pharmacology of tramadol (2004)

Abstract: An atypical opioid analgesic: tramadol (2006) Full article is in Turkish

Other Resources

ULTRAM® (tramadol hydrochloride) Tablets; Full Prescribing Information
ORTHO-McNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.

What is tramadol, how dangerous is it – and where is it illegal? (2017)