Published on: December 18, 2014

We thank Dr Vijayanand Palanisamy from Hyderabad for bringing our attention to the findings published in Journal of American Medical Association of December 8, 2014 by Fournier. J et al., showing that Tramadol could cause hypoglycemia. Though rare, this certainly gives cause for concern, especially when Tramadol is used in diabetics.

The conclusions from the paper are:
“Although rare, Tramadol-induced hypoglycemia is a potentially fatal adverse event.”