Advise Watching for Hypoglycemia Right After Starting Tramadol

February 2015

You'll hear that tramadol is associated with severe hypoglycemia.

Patients using tramadol seem to have a 3-fold higher risk of hypoglycemia-related hospitalizations...compared to those on codeine.

But there's no proof that tramadol is to blame. And it's rare...less than one in 1000 patients per year taking tramadol.

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