You will receive your first doses of ketorolac by intravenous into a vein or intramuscular into a muscle injection in a hospital or medical office. After that, your doctor may choose to continue your treatment with oral ketorolac. You must stop taking oral ketorolac and using ketorolac injection on the fifth day after you received your first dose of ketorolac injection. Talk to your doctor if you still have pain after 5 days or if your pain is not controlled with this medication.
Ketorolac may cause serious side effects. People who are treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs other than aspirin such as ketorolac may have a higher risk of having a heart attack or a stroke than people who are not treated with these medications. These events may happen without warning and may cause death. Tell your doctor if you or anyone in your family has or has ever had heart disease, a heart attack, or a stroke or 'ministroke;' and if you have or have ever had high blood pressure.
Get emergency medical help right away if you experience any of the following symptoms: chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness in one part or side of the body, or slurred speech. Receiving ketorolac injection increases the risk that you will experience severe or uncontrolled bleeding. Tell your doctor if you have or have ever had a bleeding or clotting problem. Your doctor will probably not give you ketorolac injection.
If you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are using ketorolac injection. If you will be undergoing a coronary artery bypass graft CABG; a type of heart surgery , you should not use ketorolac injection right before or right after the surgery. NSAIDs such as ketorolac may cause ulcers, bleeding, or holes in the stomach or intestine.
These problems may develop at any time during treatment, may happen without warning symptoms, and may cause death. The risk may be higher for people who take NSAIDs for a long time, are older in age, have poor health, smoke cigarettes, or drink alcohol while using ketorolac injection.
Tell your doctor if you take any of the following medications: anticoagulants 'blood thinners' such as warfarin Coumadin, Jantoven ; aspirin; or oral steroids such as dexamethasone Decadron, Dexpak , methylprednisolone Medrol , and prednisone Deltasone. Also tell your doctor if you have or have ever had ulcers, holes, or bleeding in your stomach or intestine, or a disease that causes inflammation of the bowels such as Crohn's disease a condition in which the body attacks the lining of the digestive tract, causing pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and fever or ulcerative colitis a condition which causes swelling and sores in the lining of the colon [large intestine] and rectum.
If you experience any of the following symptoms, stop using ketorolac injection and call your doctor: stomach pain, heartburn, vomit that is bloody or looks like coffee grounds, blood in the stool, or black and tarry stools.
Ketorolac may cause kidney failure. Tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver disease, if you have had severe vomiting or diarrhea or think you may be dehydrated, and if you are taking angiotensin-converting enzyme ACE inhibitors such as benazepril Lotensin , captopril Capoten , enalapril Vasotec , fosinopril, lisinopril Prinivil, Zestril , moexipril Univasc , perindopril Aceon , quinapril Accupril , ramipril Altace , and trandolapril Mavik ; or diuretics 'water pills'.
If you experience any of the following symptoms, stop using ketorolac injection and call your doctor: unexplained weight gain; swelling of the hands, arms, feet, ankles, or lower legs; confusion; or seizures. Some people have severe allergic reactions to ketorolac injection. Tell your doctor if you are allergic to ketorolac, aspirin or other NSAIDs such as ibuprofen Advil, Motrin or naproxen Aleve, Naprosyn , any other medications, or any of the ingredients in ketorolac injection.
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