Before my poor mam had a fall when she was in hospital hospital administered 800mgs tramadol strong course steroids within 24hrs discharged too soon within 48 hrs she was on way to bathroom her zimmerframe tilted she fell back fractured humerous then carers overdosed tramadol
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I've been talking about tramadol recently. Nasty drug, by all accounts.https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/936064366771884033 …
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The thread which prompted that discussion is well worth a read Karen. So sorry about your mam. :(https://twitter.com/davidjuurlink/status/921768456114135040 …
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Thanks John tramadol is lethal I was prescribed tramadol coedine for frozen shoulder I only took one tramadol one coedine within an hour of taking felt really poorly dizzy tried to get up to go upstairs to toilet got as far as the kitchen sink OMG it just gushed out vommited
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Sounds like you know more about tramadol than me. I've never taken any drugs whatsoever unless the pain's unbearable, or I'll die if I don't. Always thought I'd rather know if something hurts, so I can stop doing whatever made it hurt. :)
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/prescription-drug-killing-nearly-many-8997584 … in my opinion tramadol should be taken off the market 800mgs administered to mam within 24hrs enough to knock an elephant out John It's lethal especially in the elderly x
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Wow. The alarms in my head were all going off when I collected that script. The more I've read, the more I realise they weren't going off without good reason. Scary stuff...
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Deprescribing rocks, especially in older patients.
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Is it as simple as a proper, quality drug review? Or is there more than meets the eye?
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It's actively asking "why should I continue this" rather than just clarifying you have the list right and ticking all the continue boxes. Old and frail patients are hammered by drugs they previously tolerated easily
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I'm all in favour of that. I have enough misgivings about individual pharma drugs as it is. This polypharmacy issue doesn't help. How well are reviews done, would you say?
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Depends who does them. In GP land I don't know, I do on all admissions and again on discharge. Quality is dependant on seniority of reviewer, and availability of pharmacists. Young docs loathe to stop meds someone else started and tend to add even more. Older docs stop.
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Interesting. Sounds like an opportunity for multiple wins. Patients, doctors, budgets. Big pharma not so much, but they do well enough. Worth its own specialist role? I'm sure someone, somewhere's already way ahead of me on that.
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