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- 2017
Patterns of Ketorolac dosing by emergency physiciansDOI: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2017.01.008 Keywords: Ketorolac, NSAID, Analgesic ceiling, Acute pain, Prescription pattern Abstract: Ketorolac tromethamine is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) that is widely used in the emergency department (ED) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain. Ketorolac, like other NSAIDs, exhibits an analgesic ceiling effect and previous research suggests that 10 mg is possibly the ceiling dose. Do the patterns of ketorolac dosing by emergency physicians follow its analgesic ceiling dose
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