Ketorolac Dose and 5-Day Limit (FDA Label)
The ketorolac dose and limits on the FDA labels.
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Example
- Route and regimen
- Intravenous or intramuscular, multiple doses
- Age
- 40 years
- Weight
- 70 kg
- Renal impairment
- No
- Days of ketorolac so far, any route
- 1 days
- Ketorolac in the last 24 hours
- 90 mg
Result: The ketorolac injection label gives 30 mg every 6 hours, not to exceed 120 mg/day.
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What you enter
- Route and regimen
- Age
- Weight
- Renal impairment: no, impaired or advanced
- Days of ketorolac so far, any route
- Ketorolac in the last 24 hours (multiple dose)
How this is calculated
Citation
FDA labels on DailyMed: ketorolac tromethamine injection, Dosage and Administration (single and multiple doses, daily maximum, 5-day limit) and Contraindications; ketorolac tromethamine tablets, Dosage and Administration, Table 4. Read the sources: Ketorolac injection label ↗, Ketorolac tablets label ↗
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