Tramadol: understanding the risk of serotonin syndrome and seizures

S Hassamal, K Miotto, W Dale, I Danovitch - The American journal of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Tramadol is commonly prescribed for pain control because it presents a lower risk for
addiction and respiratory depression compared to other opioids. However, tramadol's …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2005

RJ Bodnar, GE Klein - Peptides, 2006‏ - Elsevier
This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

The effects of tramadol administration on hippocampal cell apoptosis, learning and memory in adult rats and neuroprotective effects of crocin

F Baghishani, A Mohammadipour… - Metabolic brain …, 2018‏ - Springer
Tramadol, a frequently used pain reliever drug, present neurotoxic effects associated to
cognitive dysfunction. Moreover, crocin has been reported to have neuroprotective effects …

Factors related to seizure in tramadol poisoning and its blood concentration

F Taghaddosinejad, O Mehrpour, R Afshari… - Journal of medical …, 2011‏ - Springer
This study examines the relation between seizure and plasma tramadol concentration in
patients with tramadol poisoning, as a novel centrally acting analgesic used for the treatment …

Preclinical assessment of proconvulsant drug activity and its relevance for predicting adverse events in humans

W Löscher - European journal of pharmacology, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Safety pharmacology studies, which are performed before first studies with investigational
drugs in humans, often include experiments on proconvulsant drug activity, because such …

Tramadol poisoning and its management and complications: a sco** review

A Manouchehri, Z Nekoukar, A Malakian… - Annals of Medicine …, 2023‏ - journals.lww.com
Background: Tramadol (TR) is an opioid agonist (μ-opioid receptors) that also affects the
noradrenergic and serotonergic systems. TR is a synthetic analgesic substance with opioid …

Evidence for the involvement of the dopaminergic system in seizure and oxidative damage induced by tramadol

B Bameri, F Shaki, N Ahangar… - … journal of toxicology, 2018‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Tramadol (TR) is a synthetic analgesic drug with central function that can induce seizures
even at therapeutic doses. The exact mechanism of TR effect on seizure generation is not …

Tramadol-induced apnea

H Hassanian-Moghaddam, H Farajidana… - The American journal of …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In contrast with other opioids, there are few cases of
tramadol-related respiratory depression described in the literature, and renal impairment is a …

Acute tramadol poisoning and its clinical and laboratory findings

HR Rahimi, K Soltaninejad… - Journal of research in …, 2014‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Tramadol is a centrally acting analgesic with opioid and nonopioid properties,
which extensively used in the relief of mild to moderate pain. Tramadol poisoning is a …

Tramadol-induced seizurogenic effect: a possible role of opioid-dependent histamine (H1) receptor activation-linked mechanism

AK Rehni, TG Singh, N Singh, S Arora - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives …, 2010‏ - Springer
The present study has been designed to investigate the role of opioid receptors, mast cells,
and histamine receptors (H 1 subtype) in the seizurogenic effect of tramadol on …