Ketorol Ketorolac 10mg 20 tabs

KETOROL Indications

Short-term treatment of moderate intensity of pain, including postoperative pain.

Contraindications

– Hypersensitivity to ketorolac or any component of the product

– Patients with active peptic ulcer, with a recent gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, with peptic ulcer disease or gastrointestinal bleeding history

– Asthma, rhinitis, urticaria or angioedema caused by the use of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (because of the possibility of severe anaphylactic reactions)

– Asthma history

– Not be used as analgesic agent before and during surgery

– Severe heart failure

– Full or partial syndrome of nasal polyps, angioedema or bronchospasm

– Does not apply to patients who had surgery at high risk of bleeding or incomplete stop bleeding and patients receiving anticoagulants, including low-dose heparin (2500-5000 units every 12 hours)

– Hepatic or moderate and severe renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance in the serum of 160 mmol / l)

– Suspected or confirmed cerebrovascular bleeding, hemorrhagic diathesis, including blood clotting and high risk of bleeding

– Simultaneous treatment with other NSAIDs (NSAIDs) (including selective cyclooxygenase), aspirin, warfarin, pentoxifylline, probenecid or lithium salts

– Hypovolemia, dehydration

– Risk patients with renal failure due to decreased fluid volume

– During pregnancy, contractions, childbirth and breastfeeding

– Children under 16 years old

 
Dosage & Administration

Tablets are preferably taken during or after meals. The drug is recommended only for short-term use (up to 7 days). To minimize side effects of the drug should be used at the smallest effective dose for the shortest period of time necessary to control symptoms.