What a coincidence Originally Posted by bellehill Toradol is one of my favorite pain relief meds, if only it didn't harm the kidneys! Is there something comparable to Toradol that can be given IV for pain (usually post-op) either in place of a narcotic or in addition to narcotics? A lot of my patients don't like the way Dilaudid makes them feel and I don't like having them so sleepy when I am trying to assess them. I try to switch them to PO meds as soon as possible but if nausea sets in we are doomed to have a bad night. Any thougts?
I just had the same problem with one of my pts in clinical last week. She was taking MS04 and the dr's decided to send her down for a HIDA scan (came through ER night before with abd pain, possible chole) and of course you can't have any narcotics like 3 hours before a HIDA scan and they didn't want to give her Toradol b/c of the bleeding. They said there was really nothing then they could give her for the pain, but ended up giving her Toradol anyways. A lot of pts like to take Phenergan with their MS04, or some nurses just give Phenergan alone if it is not time for their pain meds yet. Maybe try PO meds and if nausea occurs give IV Phenergan or Zofran???
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