Ketorolac for Pain User Reviews (Page 5)

• GethP...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 15, 2017

Toradol (ketorolac) "I was suffering from a somewhat severe case of costochondritis. Felt like a heart attack sometimes. Went to the emergency room and an IV injection of toradol was administered to me. Felt a buzz coming on. More pronounced than the saline solution injected into me. Other than that the pain was mostly gone within a few hours after I got discharged."

• ICE...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 24, 2018

Toradol (ketorolac) "I had a heart attack in March 2018. In the hospital, they were giving me Morphine for pain. I hated the way it made me feel and it did nothing for the pain. After a day of Morphine I asked that I be given something else, thus my introduction to Toradol. I wish I'd known about Toradol before being given Morphine. It made me feel so much better, without the horrible side effects of Morphine."

• MJano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 7, 2019

Toradol (ketorolac) "I suffer from Chronic kidney stones. The first time I was given Tordol interveniously and it literally worked within a minute!! I was in so much pain and vomiting from the pain. After the Tordol it relieved the kidney pain immediately. Now when I’m rushed to hospital or walk in clinic, it’s the first thing I ask for! I’ve never had it as a shot in my muscle, so I can’t give my opinion, but through an IV was awesome. I have had no side effects from it either!"

• Jess
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 26, 2021

Toradol (ketorolac) "Went into the ER on Friday April 23 for chest and left arm pain, was given a Toradol injection in my left arm, burned like anything, kind of like 3 bees stung me. It eased the pain for a little, from about a 10 to a 7 in pain level , it is now Sunday and I still feel the stinging sensation in my arm and the pain has gone down all the way to my left rib cage, now, my chest is just fine, but now I have this damn pain from the injection. I have been placing a cold ice pack and it helps a little , at night pain gets worse where I had the injection. I honestly don't recommend Toradol it hurts like anything."

• Nanat...
• February 23, 2016

Toradol (ketorolac) "Presented with sever pain in my left rib cage. This pain started after I bent over to pick up something out of the ocean. Felt a pop which caused sever pain under my left rib cage. Breathing, moving, walking, getting up and down all caused sever pain that made me cry out. On the forth day I finally went to see if a th was broken. The Doctor ordered X-rays and gave me a shot of Toradol in the hip. Also gave me a script for Percoset which I have not taken yet. Within an hour I had some relief from the pain and was able to breath with only moderate pain. It is now 8 hours later and I still have only a little pain. So thankful for this medication."

• autunm
• September 28, 2018

Toradol (ketorolac) "I get a toradol shot when I get a migraine that lasts longer than a day and when naproxen hasn't help. I have had them help and sometimes they do not. Got one today and the pain was gone within an hour. Plus the nurse did a great job, no burning sensation after injection. I have been lucky lately, not having a bad burning sensation. I once had a nurse inject it quickly and had the worst burning sensation from it. I think when it is injected slower it's better. Overall the toradol shot is good for me. I also take hydroxyzine (anti anxiety, antihistamine) at onset of migraine too. The NASID and antihistamine work very well for me."

• Avasmom
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 19, 2018

Sprix (ketorolac) "I absolutely wish there was a formulation I could take for more than 5 days. If I could take this every day, I could probably go off of my narcotic pain meds. I will agree with many, the taste and burning can be hard but it’s definitely worth it. At least for me."

• TJ1981
• July 18, 2016

Toradol (ketorolac) "I received this injection last night at VA hospital in Philadelphia. I just couldn't deal with peripheral neuropathy pain anymore. I hate narcotic medicine. So this was a great alternative it took a lot of pain away, I still feel light tingles but nowhere near what is was feeling prior. I have MRI done to see where my nerve is trapped. I hope it's something I can resolve permanately, My girlfriend ask to describe pain, I told her basically it's a never ending root canal, and she immediately felt horrible for me. I urge people who have this don't delay treatment it jus gets unbearable, but this shot does work decently. However, it won't last more than couple days so make sure u get scripts for meds needed until u get MRI done."

• Kori
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 8, 2021

Toradol (ketorolac) "Went to the ER I was given a toradol injection in my left arm for pain from a torn Achilles, it did not work at all now I’m dealing with severe pain from this injection in the arm where I got the injection it’s been 1 year and 5 months still experiencing severe pain! Was sent to a few doctors including a Neurologists no one seems to know what the heck is going on!!!! I just want the pain to stop!!!! I wish I could rate this drug a negative 1 million!!!"

• C16
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 19, 2020

Toradol (ketorolac) "I have had 4 Torodal injections over the course of 10 months, the first 3 were for sciatica and the 4th one was for a ligament tear in my knee. The first 3 did wonders for me with no pain at the injection site and almost instant pain relief. However this last time was awful, the injection site burned so bad for around 2 hours, it took 4 hours to work and then I had terrible back pain for the next two days. It's definitely a hit or miss medication."

• Anonymous
• August 15, 2008

Toradol (ketorolac) "I had what was found to be an upper back inflammation, with a great deal of pain. It was first thought that I was having a heart attack or an embolism. As morphine-related medicines make me sick (nausea and headache), they gave me Toradol injections while I was in the hospital (for 24 hours) and it knocked the pain better than anything I had taken up to that point. I still had a little pain but it was tolerable, and this medicine didn't make me sick. I would recommend it especially for those who can't take narcotic pain relievers. Don't know about the oral dose as I didn't get that, just injections through an IV."

• Kidney...
• July 31, 2013

"I get a kidney stone attack at least once a year, the pain is unbearable....so bad that I feel like I will pass out. In the ER they give me Toradol and within 10 minutes or less I feel better. Once they gave me morphine and it didn't touch the pain, now I ask for Toradol. The good thing about Toradol is that you don't feel sick from it and you can drive yourself home."

• Sparks
• December 20, 2015

Toradol (ketorolac) "Was on day 5 of a left sided migraine, after been given tramadol which only made me faint every time I stood up was taken to emergency room. Given Toradol through injection only slightly touched the excruciating pain in my head. Was given morphine which proved more successful. However the next day I am back to a full blown headache with pins and needles down face. Zilch results ehh.."

• Short...
• July 10, 2021

Toradol (ketorolac) "Hemiplegic migraines that I rarely go to ER anymore since my rescue meds help break at home. It’s difficult to speak but I stuttered out what my issue was and normal treatment to break it. I can’t take NSAIDs due to intestinal issues, but they pushed that along with phenergan since my pain was at a 9. Hour later, no pain relief but my stomach was a mess. Asked for at least a steroid to break paralysis.” We don’t do that here. I’ll give you two Tylenol and send you home”. Besides the migraine I now have to stay near a bathroom and no relief. I feel even sicker knowing how much $$ they received and rushed me out the door… literally."

• Csano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 17, 2021

Toradol (ketorolac) "I had Tordol for Kidney stones.. didn't do any pain relief a few years ago. I also just have a strain injury to my tendons in elbow was at doctors yesterday. I still felt it after injection in butt. I think it's a joke. Maybe I'm resistant to it. It does work for headaches though."

• JGfan
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 5, 2017

Toradol (ketorolac) "Approximately 3 weeks after having a posterior Foraminotomy / laminectomy I began having the same pain as I had prior to the surgery. The nerve pain & numbness became increasingly worse so I call the surgeon's PA at 4 weeks post op to find out if it was normal. He called in a Toradal script Friday. I took 2 pills (as prescribed) & 1 pill every 6 hours as needed for pain. It's Sunday & I'm extremely pleased with the result so far! I have complete pain relief taking this in combination with Percocet!"

• Mike
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 29, 2018

Toradol (ketorolac) "I have chronic kidney stones and they always want to give me toradol IM for the pain. First off, the standards for what constitutes a properly sized muscle need to be reviewed, because 1/3 of the time, they'll give it to me in the deltoid, while the rest of the time, they insist on the gluteus medius. Regardless of where they put it, it doesn't help much with the problem at hand. If I happen to have a headache or sore back at the time, the toradol clears it right up. The severe pain it's meant to treat, on the other hand, barely has the edge taken off. The worst thing is that it causes intense soreness and cramping in the injection site for hours, far worse than a tetanus shot. Some people have good experiences, so it's worth a try to dodge opioids, but don't be afraid to tell them it doesn't work."

• Diano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 18, 2018

Sprix (ketorolac) "I have not found that Sprix is very helpful for me. I felt no change in my pain relief. The burning that some have mentioned was not that bad to me. Don't sniff it in. That's not how you are supposed to take it. Make sure to watch the video and it shows exactly how to do it!"

• goril...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• November 4, 2020

Sprix (ketorolac) "When I used Sprix to treat my migraines, I was quite shocked over the severe burning pain it caused in my nose. The burning was far worse than the migraine and I could not keep using this without lidocaine nasal gel or spray. At the time I bought Sprix, I did not have any drug coverage from my health insurance. Shockingly, a 1 month prescription cost me over $500.00 U.S. dollars!! When I asked to be switched to generic oral Toral (Ketorolac) tablets, the same month's supply and dosage cost me about $20.00 U.S. dollars. Oral ketorolac worked equally effectively to the Sprix nasal spray in terms of analgesia, drug onset time, and duration. I have gastroparesis (stomach paralysis), which can delay oral meds from reaching my intestine, but found that the 20-40 minute onset helped. My bottom line is to avoid Sprix nasal spray as it is grossly overpriced and it causes such severe burning pain in the nose that Sprix scares away the migraine."

• Molly
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 19, 2019

Sprix (ketorolac) "I have severe endometriosis pain and didn’t want to be on birth control. I also tried Orillisa and with that I traded one pain for another with extreme migraines. I had basically given up at that point until my doc told me to try Sprix. I was still skeptical but I said what do I have to loose so on my second day of extreme endo pain I tried it and when I tell u my pain was 95% gone ! I couldn’t believe it I'm still in shock this medication is something I cannot live without now I'm so happy"

• Gina
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 12, 2020

"This drug ketorolac IS HORRIBLE!!! I had surgery last week and they started with an IV then pills when I went home. Nothing helped when I took them, this medicine made me hurt in my stomach worse and I have severe swelling and cramping, sweating, omg I will wake up wet...this medicine is AWFUL...I shouldn't just took 600 mg of Ibuprofen."

• Migra...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 18, 2016

Toradol (ketorolac) "Get this injected when I have a particularly bad migraine and my hydrocodone and imitrex are not helping. Works like a charm every time. Other meds haven't helped when they get this bad. Plus it's cheap which helps when having to go to a clinic/er."

• JD124
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 10, 2022

Toradol (ketorolac) "I've been prescribed this medication numerous times. Dr's in nl are not allowed to treat based on patent history and must follow guidelines therefore the only medication they can prescribe in emergency are toradol and flexeril. This medication did not and does not relieve my pain unfortunately."

• Anonymous
• December 3, 2009

Toradol (ketorolac) "Taking it for Shingles pain. Seems to work well, but makes me tired and a bit dizzy. Doctor also prescribed an anti-seizure medicine, Gabapentin, so not sure which helped more. The combination seems to work really well for the nerve pain from Shingles. I would ask my Dr. for these if I ever get shingles again. I went from pretty bad pain to it feeling like someone is tickling me, and it's slightly unpleasant."

• Anonymous
• July 30, 2010

Toradol (ketorolac) "Great! Fell from tree and crushed my pelvis. Unbelievable pain. Nothing worked. When they gave me Torodal the pain immediately was gone and I was not light headed. I felt no pain at all. BUT...I then developed a skin rash and had to stop the medication. Too..bad, as it was the best."