Very often, many of us use painkillers. So, with headache, toothache, muscle pain, analgesics help, soothing it for several minutes or hours. Although they are often used in practice, which one is the most effective can only be found out by trial and error.
Very often, with severe pain, a medicine such as Ketorol is used. Let's look at its properties and select similar effective drugs for it.
Painkiller "Ketorol": release forms
This analgesic is very strong. Many even believe that it is a narcotic substance. No, this is an erroneous opinion. The drug "Ketorol" (an analogue should also have such properties) relieves inflammation and lowers the temperature. But still, the main characteristic of this drug is pain relief. A strong analgesic effect allows you to influence a moderate and severe pain syndrome, it occurs a few minutes after the use of the drug. A very significant effect of the drug is noticeable in traumatic tissue damage.
Ketorol is available in three dosage forms.
So, you can meet onpharmacy shelf gel, often called an ointment, it is available in tubes of 30 grams, green tablets in a blister of 20 pieces, a solution in ampoules of 1 ml for intramuscular injections (injections).
Gel is a transparent mass that is applied externally. The ampoules in which the injection solution is placed are white or brown in color, the solution itself is either transparent or yellowish.
If you select an analogue for the Ketorol medicine, then it must be tied to a specific form of the drug.
Composition of the drug
The main active substance included in the composition of the gel, tablets, and injection solution is ketorolac. It is it that is effective in relieving moderate to severe pain.
The most potent form of the drug is a solution, 1 ml of liquid accounts for 30 mg of the active substance, gel is in second place, the concentration of ketorolac per 1 gram is 20 mg, one tablet of the drug contains 10 mg of the active element.
Looking at this distribution, it can be noted that injections are used for severe pain, but either gel or tablets can cope with moderate pain.
Auxiliary components of the solution: ethyl alcohol, sodium chloride, disodium edetate, propylene glycol, sodium hydroxide, deionized water and octoxynol.
Auxiliary components of the gel: purified water, ethyl alcohol, tromethamine, carbomer, flavor, glycerol, propylene glycol and dimethyl sulfoxime.
Auxiliary components of tablets: corn starch, magnesium stearate,propylene glycol, lactose, hypromellose, colloidal silicon dioxide.
If you select an analogue for the Ketorol analgesic, then you need to do this by comparing the composition of drugs and the similarity of their effect on the human body.
Methods of application and dosage
Ketorol tablets are taken orally. Dosage - 1 tablet once every 8 hours.
The injection is injected into the body intramuscularly to relieve pain, 1 ml (one ampoule), if necessary, the injection is repeated every 6 hours.
Gel "Ketorol" is rubbed into the outer areas of the skin several times (3-4) a day.
Therapeutic properties of the drug "Ketorol"
To the drug "Ketorol" analogues instructions for use does not indicate. They are selected by doctors, based on the therapeutic properties of the drug. The drug "Ketorol" also has these: the drug has a triple effect on the human body - it anesthetizes, relieves inflammation and lowers the temperature, and at the same time, this must be borne in mind when choosing an analog for the drug. "Ketorol" to a greater extent still stands out for the function of pain relief.
This drug blocks the enzyme cyclooxygenase. It is this element in the human body that is responsible for the formation of substances that cause pain, inflammation and fever. After blocking it, the production of these stops, so the person stops feeling pain.
This product does not cause respiratory depression, does not increase blood pressure, does not affect kidney function, does notcauses intestinal colic, does not affect the central nervous system like a drug.
Analgesic "Ketorol" is able to thin the blood, so it is not suitable for patients with hemophilia and stomach ulcers.
The above properties apply to all forms of Ketorol medicine.
Indications for admission
You should know that the medicine "Ketorol" is prescribed only if it is necessary to relieve moderate or acute pain of a periodic nature. It does not cure chronic pain syndromes.
So, the gel is prescribed for bruises, sprains, tissue damage, against which inflammation has developed, for pain in the joints and muscles, for sciatica, arthritis.
Ketorol solution is prescribed if you need a quick effect of relieving pain, and also if a person cannot physically take a pill, for example, he has a stomach ulcer or a gag reflex interferes with this.
Pills are taken for toothache, menstrual pain, headache, muscle, bone, joint pain. They help a lot in the postoperative period. Often prescribed for the relief of pain in cancer.
Since the drug "Ketorol" is an analgesic, it is able not to treat the cause of the pain, but to calm it down for a while.
Contraindications
It is not recommended to take the drug "Ketorol" during pregnancy, lactation. This analgesic will not be used in the treatment of children.
Do not use the gel if the skin has wounds, eczema, dermatosis.
Solution and tablets "Ketorol" can not beuse for asthma, low blood clotting, liver failure, stroke, diathesis, lesions of the digestive system, dehydration and allergic reactions to the components of this analgesic.
What should I pay attention to when using Ketorol medicine?
The ability to influence blood clotting is observed two days after drug withdrawal. It is not recommended to abuse this medicine for people over sixty years of age.
The drug "Ketorol" can be combined with narcotic analgesics only if he himself can not cope with the relief of severe pain.
Side effects
All forms of medication can cause side effects. So, Ketorol gel can cause itching and peeling of the skin, dizziness, hematuria, anemia, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, heartburn.
Pills and injections can cause nausea, jaundice, hepatitis, bronchospasm, rhinitis, depression, tinnitus, pulmonary edema, urticaria, shortness of breath, swelling of the eyelids, sweating, itching.
Reviews of people about the drug "Ketorol"
Because this is an effective remedy, most of the reviews about it are positive. Patients often note that after taking the drug, the pain calms down quickly, despite its intensity.
Most commonly used for aching toothache, headaches and during the menstrual cycle in women.
Negative reviews are few, and almost all of them relate to descriptions of side effects. But, despite them, the pain still manages to calm down, even against the backgroundunpleasant discomfort.
Medicine cost
The cost of Ketorol gel is 240 rubles for a tube of 30 grams. The price of a pack of ampoules in the amount of 10 pieces is 180 rubles, a pack of tablets in the amount of 20 pieces is 70 rubles.
Knowing all the properties of the drug "Ketorol", it is easy to find cheap analogues for it.
Ketorol gel analogues
Let's start the selection of a replacement with the most expensive form of the drug. Given the properties of the drug "Ketorol" (gel), its analogues are as follows:
- Voltaren gel - 220 rubles,
- Dolgit cream - 120 rubles,
- "Fastum gel" - 220 rubles,
- "Diclogen gel" - 240 rubles,
- "Ketoprofen gel" - 60 rubles.
The list of substitutes is large, here are the most popular analgesics.
These are substitutes for Ketorol (gel), analogues do not contain ketorolac in their composition, but they affect pain as effectively as the original drug. Let's take a closer look at one of them.
Thus, Voltaren gel is an analgesic containing the active analgesic substance diclofenac. The principle of action thereof is the same as that of Ketorolac. The effect occurs half an hour after application to the site of injury.
Applied externally, it is recommended to use it for arthritis, muscle and joint pain, swelling of varying complexity, sciatica. This drug can be used to treat children.
Possible side effects during application - skin itching, urticaria, eczema.
Substitute-synonym for Ketorol gel - gel"Ketonal". This is a medicine that is similar in composition and effect on the human body.
Considering how much Ketorol ointment costs, the analogues are still not much, but cheaper. However, a low price is not always a guarantee of quality.
Analogues of Ketorol tablets
Knowing everything about Ketorol (tablets), it is also easy to find an analogue. These are Aertal tablets - 300 rubles, Naklofen Duo capsules - 113 rubles, Indomethacin tablets - 30-45 rubles, as well as cheap synonyms - Ketanov tablets - 60 rubles and Ketokam - 40-60 rubles.
Let's take a closer look at the analogue of "Ketorol" in tablets - the drug "Indomethacin". This is a substitute containing in its composition not ketorolac, but the active substance indomethacin, similar in action to it.
Pills are prescribed for headache and toothache, arthritis of varying complexity, soft tissue damage.
Indomethacin also has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Complete relief of pain occurs two hours after taking the pill.
This drug is not recommended for people with high blood pressure, stomach ulcers, vision problems, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, children under 18.
The drug "Indomethacin" can cause insomnia, dizziness, skin itching, increased pressure, bronchospasm, tinnitus, changes in taste perception, increasedsweating.
Analogues of Ketorol solution for injections
The most potent are, as indicated by the instructions for use for the Ketorol preparation, injections. Analogues - cheap synonyms - solution "Ketofril" - 100 rubles, injections "Dolomin" - 80 rubles. They contain ketorolac.
A replacement can also be selected based on a comparison of the effects of analgesics on the human body containing other active ingredients. So, we will select analogues for Ketorol injections. Pain injections can be done using analgesics containing diclofenac: Diclogen solution - 30-40 rubles, Diclofenac injections - 40-50 rubles.
Let's take a closer look at the last one. Diclofenac injections are prescribed after an operable intervention, with edema caused by bruises and soft tissue damage, with arthrosis, polyarthritis, sprain.
These injections are contraindicated for children, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers. It is undesirable to use it for people with diseases such as stomach ulcers, intestinal inflammation, pathological changes in the blood.
Pain syndrome with this drug can be removed within five days, no more.
Diclofenac injections can cause tissue swelling, increased blood pressure, headache, eczema, anemia, nausea, constipation, itching, rash.
As you can see, the substitutes are not without flaws, as, indeed, the drug "Ketorol" in ampoules. Analogues also cause side effects and are not suitable for everyone.people.
It should be noted that painkillers cannot be taken on their own. They must be prescribed by a doctor. If you neglect this rule, then you can stop the pain all the time, but aggravate the very cause that causes it. This can lead to the fact that even strong drugs will not effectively affect the soothing of pain that brings a person severe suffering.
Cheap analgesics can save money on drug purchases, but are not always the best option if you want to achieve a tangible quick effect. An analogue is selected by a doctor if an expensive medication does not suit him due to the contraindications indicated in the recommendation, or at the request of the patient himself.
