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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. Read more...Click to read more below

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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 23 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 16 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Kidney stone 9 0
Fibromyalgia 6 0
Migraine 5 0
Increase effect of another treatment 3 0

See all 52 patients currently taking Ketorolac

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 4
Mild
 0
None
 9

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 22 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 30mg/mL as needed daily 30 mg monthly 15 mg weekly 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg one time
  22 Number of Patients: 22 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 11   Course of treatment ended: 38%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 24%
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 24%
Other 5   Other: 17%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 10%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 7%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%

See all 29 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

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
 10 71%
Usually
 2 14%
Sometimes
 1 7%
Never
 1 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ketorolac

Very
 3 21%
Somewhat
 2 14%
A little
 2 14%
Not at all
 7 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ketorolac

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 33%
$25-49
 1 17%
< $25
 3 50%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.