Abuse of tramadol can cause death - Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana
Mr. Benjamin K. Botwe; President of The Pharmaceutical society of Ghana . The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana has cautioned the public against the proliferation and abuse of Tramadol, an opioid analgesic. "The most recent form, as being speculated in the media and as our findings have shown, is the high dose of Tramadol (200mg/250mg), popularly called Tramol, among the youth. "Even though Tramadol is an approved medicine for the management of pain, the strengths approved for use in Ghana by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)) are the 50mg and 100mg strengths," a statement signed by Mr Benjamin K. Botwe, the President of the Society and issued in Accra, said. It said the proliferation of the higher strengths had become popular and called for coordinated efforts by all stakeholders to rid the markets of the unregistered and unapproved product, which had the tendency to threaten the gains made in the provision of healthcare in the count...