The Insurgence of Tramadol Abuse among the Most Active Population in Jirapa Municipality: A Study to Assess the Magnitude of the Abuse and Its Contributory Factors

Table 3

Reasons for the intake/misuse of tramadol.

Reasons	Number of users ()	Percent (%)
Reasons for the current use of tramadol
Took tramadol because of sickness	28	18.4
To do more hard/physical work	57	37.5
To enhance sleep	12	7.9
To look strong and young	37	24.3
No reason	18	11.8
I do not know	5	3.3
To enhance sex	13	8.6
To release stress	26	17.1
Involved in road traffic accident	8	5.3
Parents or relative offer	11	7.2
Friends encouraged me	59	38.8
To get away from my problems	21	13.8
To get high (good euphoria)	22	14.5
Prescription given by a physician	23	15.1
Summary of reasons of the use of drugs
No reason at all for the use of drug	25	16.4
Single reason	83	54.6
Multiple reasons	44	29.0