2009
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06.26
Has anyone ever had a shot of this? I get them from my doctor when i just can’t take the pain anymore. Usually they work however last time the relief only lasted about 8 hours!! i was really disappointment as usually the pain is gone before i hit the door and it isn’t a pain med so i am not loopy!! i just wondered if it starts working less the more i get it?
Please be careful with Toradol. It is a pain medication; it just isn’t a narcotic. It is an NSAID, like aspirin, ibuprofen or naproxen, and it has the same propensity to cause stomach bleeding and ulcers as other NSAIDs do. Just because it’s an injection, doesn’t mean that it can’t cause problems with the stomach, because it isn’t the direct contact with the stomach that causes the problems. The issue is that it messes with the prostaglandins in your body, and reduces the amount of protective mucous that is produced by your stomach, so then ANYTHING that might irritate or injure your tummy is more likely to do so. I have had torodol injections
once or twice, but because I am not supposed to take ANY NSAIDs, I don’t allow them to give them to me anymore.
I have received Toradol a few times and the relief is usually 12 hours or so. Mostly because I tend to go to sleep for a long time. I don’t know, but it seems like the more you take the more your body becomes used to it and either doesn’t respond or requires a higher dosage.