Recommended dose: The recommended dose of ketorolac tromethamine for short-term management of moderately severe acute pain in healthy adults with normal renal function are as follows: Single-dose treatment: 60 mg IM or 30 mg IV; Multiple-dose treatment: 30 mg IV or IM every 6 hours; Maximum dose: 120 mg/day.
The dosage of ketorolac tromethamine should be reduced by 50% in patients weighing less than 50 kg, elderly patients, and patients with impaired renal function.
Mode of administration: Ketorolac tromethamine should be administered by IV or IM injection. The IV bolus must be given over no less than 15 seconds. The IM dose should be given slowly and deeply into the muscle.
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