The maximum allowed dose of Tramadol drug is 300mg in a day.
Usual Adults Dose for Pain
For adults (17 years or older): Maximum allowed dose 400mg/day.
Usual Adult Dose for Chronic Pain
Extended Release(ER)
For Adults (18 years or older): Maximum dosage allowed 300mg/day.
Usual Geriatric Dose for Pain
(Over 75 years of age): Maximum allowed dose 300mg/day
Usual Geriatric Dose for Chronic Pain
(Over 75 years of age): Maximum dose 300mg/day
Other Useful information
Tramadol is a good medicine for pain relief. The class name of this drug is Analgesics and opoid pain reliever. The brand names of this medicine are conzip, Qdolo, Ultram and Ultram Er. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved this medicine on 3rd March,1995.
Drug Mechanism
It works in the brain by bonding with the u-opioid receptor and changes the feeling of the body, caused due to the pain. It is a centrally-acting opioid analgesic which works in the spinal cord as well.
It relieves moderately severe pain in adults as well as prevents the serotonin syndrome by controlling not only the acute but the chronic pain also.
Forms
Tramadol medicine is available in the form of oral tablets, oral capsules, extended-release tablets and extended-release capsules.
Drug Effectiveness
This drug starts its effect approximately in one hour after taking it, and peaks in the body within 2-3 hours. If patients stop taking this medicine, it takes about 48 hours to get completely cleared from the body.
Response to Drug
This drug is good for pain management and helps to reduce the body pain, giving relief to the patients. If the patients have a medical history of blood pressure, asthma or motion sickness, then it is advised to inform your doctor immediately.
Its misuse or overuse may produce many side-effects or diseases in body such as vomiting, sweating, failure in gaining weight, nausea, hunger, diarrhea, seizures, shaking, hyperactivity, abnormal sleep, and so on.