toradol vs morphine

JerudC · Mar 10, 2011

Toradol and Morphine are often given to give synergistic effects. I have seen people in the ER get 12 of morphine in less than an hour and not have it touch the pain. 60 of Toradol on board and they feel right as rain in about 30 minutes.

FutureOBNurse2118 · Mar 10, 2011

I am taking Clinical Pharmacology right now, and from what I've read and been taught, the reason you would give an opioid and a non opioid analgesic together is to reduce the about of narcotic you would give the patient, and also to enhance pain relief.

missE · Mar 10, 2011

here is my final product. i think it includes everything that i feel she wants me to know about both drugs. thanks for your help guys!!!

toradol is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, nonopioid analgesic. it is used for short term management of pain. it inhibits prostaglandin synthesis, producing peripherally mediated analgesia. toradol also has antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties which help to minimize flare ups that sickle cell anemia can cause. it s a great drug when used in conjunction with narcotics such as morphine. morphine sulfate is an opioid analgesic and is used for treatment of severe pain. it binds to opiate receptors in the cns producing generalized cns depression, decreasing severity of pain. sickle cell patients require chronic analgesic therapy and using two pain medications, it will provide the necessary treatments for both chronic and acute pain.

connie893 · May 21, 2015

Very true. I would go in for severe migraines sometimes, and when morphine alone or Toradol alone didn't do the job, I'd be given a combo of morphine + Toradol. This worked very well in my case.