Staff member of medication

[RaceFace03]

Can anyone offer some advice.

 

A member of staff has informed me that a member of staff is taking the medicine 'tramadol' she then went on to say that she doesn't think she should be working if on this medication, as she knows of someone who had taken this and had bad side effects.

 

Surely it is dependent as all medicine has side affects.......

 

Anyone comments on this ?

 

Thanks

 

 

[wellerkaren]

https://www.drugs.com/tramadol.html

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramadol

[mrsbat]

Do you have staff declaration forms for medications etc? getting all staff to renew them then speak to the staff member in question could open lines of communication then you can get first hand information?

[narnia]

why don't you simply ask the staff member?? You should be upfront rather than taking information from someone who clearly doesn't know what she's talking about. ANY medicine can have side effects. Ask the lady concerned if she needs any adjustments made to her working pattern as Tramadol is most often used to relieve pain.................though of course she might NOT be taking it, or anything else. The only way to find out is to ask...............and if she IS, then go from there.

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[finleysmaid]

we put in a risk assessment for workers on medication explaining what we will and will not allow (so if for instance they are getting dizzy then picking up a child would be a no go)