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What is Ketorolac?

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) used for the short-term (not more than 5 days) relief of moderately severe pain. You usually start treatment by injection in a hospital or doctor's office then may switch to oral administration. The brand name is Toradol.

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Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 28 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 20 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Kidney stone 13 0
Fibromyalgia 6 0
Migraine 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 3 0

See all 54 patients currently taking Ketorolac

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 4
Mild
 0
None
 10

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Ketorolac

Dizziness 2
Acid reflux 1
Abdominal pain 1
Fainting 1
Stomach upset 1
Metallic taste in mouth 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Ketorolac. See all 23 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 30mg/mL as needed 2 30mg/mL as needed as needed 30 mg monthly 15 mg weekly 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 60 mg one time
  21 Number of Patients: 21 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ketorolac (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 14   Course of treatment ended: 37%
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 21%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 21%
Other 6   Other: 16%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 11%
Not indicated 4   Not indicated: 11%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 38 patients who’ve stopped taking Ketorolac

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Ketorolac

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Ketorolac

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ketorolac

Always
 11 73%
Usually
 3 20%
Sometimes
 1 7%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ketorolac

Very
 3 20%
Somewhat
 2 13%
A little
 2 13%
Not at all
 8 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ketorolac

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 3 43%
$25-49
 1 14%
< $25
 3 43%

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Report created on May 23, 2012.