Gel "Ketorol": analogue. Ketorol: instructions for use, cheap analogues

Very often, many of us use painkillers. So, with headache, toothache, muscle pain, analgesics help soothe it for a few minutes or hours. Although they are often used in practice, which one is the most effective, it can only be determined by the trial method.

Very often with severe pain, a medicine such as Ketorol is used. Let's look at its properties and pick up to it similar effective preparations.

Anesthetic preparation Ketorol: dosage forms

This analgesic is very strong. Many even believe that this is a narcotic substance. Far from it, this is a mistaken opinion. The drug "Ketorol"( analogue should also have such properties) removes inflammation and lowers the temperature. But all the same the main characteristic of this medicine is anesthesia. Strong analgesic effect allows to influence the moderate and severe pain syndrome, it comes in a few minutes after application of the drug. A very significant effect of the drug is seen with traumatic tissue damage.

Ketorol is available in three forms.

So, you can find on the chemist's shelf gel, often called ointment, it is released in tubes of 30 grams, green tablets in a blister pack of 20 pieces, a solution in 1 ml ampoules for intramuscular injections( injections).

The gel is a transparent mass that is applied externally. Ampoules in which the solution for injections is placed have a white or brown color, the solution itself is either transparent or yellowish.

If you select an analogue of Ketorol, 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 both the gel and tablets, and the injection solution, is ketorolac. It is this that is effective in relieving moderate and severe pain.

The most potent form of the drug is the solution, 1 mg of the liquid is 30 mg of the active ingredient, the second place is the gel, the concentration of ketorolac per gram is 20 mg, one tablet of the preparation contains 10 mg of the active element.

Looking at this distribution, it can be noted that with severe pain, injections are used, but with moderate pain, either the gel or the tablets can cope.

Auxiliary components of the solution: ethyl alcohol, sodium chloride, edetate disodium, propylene glycol, sodium hydroxide, deionized water and octoxynol.

Auxiliary gel components: purified water, ethyl alcohol, tromethamine, carbomer, flavor, glycerol, propylene glycol and dimethylsulfoxime.

Auxiliary components of tablets: corn starch, magnesium stearate, propylene glycol, lactose, hypromellose, colloidal silicon dioxide.

If you select an analogue for the analgesic "Ketorol", 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.

Injection is injected into the body intramuscularly for relief of pain by 1 ml( one ampoule), if necessary, the prick is repeated every 6 hours.

Ketorol gel is rubbed into the outer parts of the skin several times( 3-4) per day.

Therapeutic properties of the preparation "Ketorol"

No analogues are indicated for the Ketorol medication. They are selected by their doctor, relying on the therapeutic properties of the drug. Ketorol also has such a tool: the drug has a triple effect on the human body - it anesthetizes, relieves inflammation and lowers the temperature, and simultaneously, this must be borne in mind when choosing an analogue for the medicine."Ketorol" is, to a large extent, still a function of anesthesia.

This drug blocks the work of the enzyme cyclooxygenase. It is this element in the human body that is responsible for the formation of substances that cause pain, inflammation and temperature increase. After it is blocked, the production stops, so the person ceases to feel pain.

This drug does not cause respiratory depression, does not increase blood pressure, does not affect the kidneys, does not cause intestinal colic, does not affect the central nervous system as a drug.

Analgetic "Ketorol" is able to thin the blood, so it is not suitable for patients with hemophilia and stomach ulcers.

The properties described above apply to all forms of Ketorol.

Indications for admission

It should be noted that the drug "Ketorol" is prescribed only when it is necessary to stop moderate or severe pain of a periodic nature. Chronic pain syndromes, it does not heal.

So, the gel is prescribed for bruises, with sprains, tissue damage, against which inflammation developed, with joint and muscle pains, with radiculitis, arthritis.

A solution of Ketorol is prescribed if it is necessary to have a quick effect of removing pain, and also if a person can not physically take the pill, for example, has a stomach ulcer or a gag reflex prevents it from doing so.

Tablets are taken with toothache, menstrual, head, muscle, bone, and joint. They help well in the postoperative period. Often appointed for relief of pain in cancer.

Because Ketorol is an analgesic, it can not cure the cause of the pain, but calms it for a while.

Contraindications

It is not recommended to take Ketorol during pregnancy, breast-feeding. Do not use this analgesic in the treatment of children.

You can not use the gel if the skin has wounds, eczema, dermatosis.

Solution and tablets "Ketorol" can not be used for asthma, low blood clotting, liver failure, strokes, diathesis, digestive system disorders, dehydration and allergic reactions to components of this analgesic.

What should I look for when using Ketorol?

The property of influencing blood clotting is observed two days after drug withdrawal. It is not recommended to abuse this medicine for people older than sixty years.

The drug Ketorol can be combined with narcotic analgesics only if it does not cope with the coping of severe pain.

Side effects of

All forms of medication are capable of causing side effects. So, the gel "Ketorol" can cause itching and flaking of the skin, dizziness, hematuria, anemia, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, heartburn.

Tablets and injections can cause nausea, jaundice, hepatitis, bronchospasm, rhinitis, depression, ringing in the ears, pulmonary edema, hives, shortness of breath, eyelid edema, sweating, itching.

Reviews of people about Ketorol

Because this is an effective tool, most of the reviews are positive. Patients often note that after taking the drug, the pain calms down quickly, despite its intensity.

Most often, the drug is suitable for aching toothache, headaches and during the menstrual cycle by women.

Negative responses are few, and almost all of them relate to descriptions of side effects. But, despite them, the pain still can calm down, even against the backdrop of unpleasant discomfort.

Cost of medicine

Cost of gel "Ketorol" - 240 rubles per tube 30 grams. The packing price of ampoules in the amount of 10 pieces is 180 rubles, packing of tablets in the amount of 20 pieces is 70 rubles.

Knowing all the properties of the drug "Ketorol", analogous to cheap to choose it simply.

Analogues of the gel "Ketorol"

Let's start selecting replacement with the most expensive form of the drug. Taking into account the properties of Ketorol( gel), the analogues are as follows:

• gel Voltaren - 220 rubles,
• cream "Dolgit" - 120 rubles,
• "Fastum gel" - 220 rubles,
• "Diklogen gel" - 240 rubles,
• "Ketoprofen gel" - 60 rubles.

The list of substitutes is large, here the most popular analgesics are indicated.

These are substitutes for Ketorol( gel), the analogs do not contain ketorolac, but they affect pain as effectively as the original preparation. Let us dwell in more detail on one of them.

So, the gel "Voltaren" - an analgesic, containing in the active analgesic substance diclofenac. The principle of action is the same as ketorolac. The effect occurs in half an hour after application to the site of the injury.

It is applied externally, it is recommended to use it for arthritis, pain in muscles and joints, swelling of various complexity, radiculitis. This drug can be used to treat children.

Possible side effects during the application - skin itching, hives, eczema.

The substitute-synonym for Ketorol gel is Ketonal gel. This medicine, similar in composition and effect on the human body.

Given the cost of Ketorol, the analogs are not much, but cheaper. However, a low price is not always a guarantor of quality.

Analogues of tablets "Ketorol"

Knowing everything about "Ketorol"( tablets), it is also easy to choose an analogue. These are the tablets "Aertal" - 300 rubles, capsules "Naklofen Duo" - 113 rubles, tablets "Indomethacin" - 30-45 rubles, as well as cheap synonyms - tablets "Ketanov" - 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 an active substance indomethacin, similar in effect to it.

Tablets are prescribed for headache and toothache, arthritis of varying complexity, soft tissue damage.

Indomethacin also has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and dehydrating properties. Complete relief of pain occurs two hours after taking the pill.

It is not recommended to take this medication for people with high blood pressure, stomach ulcer, who have vision problems, pregnant women, nursing mothers, children under 18 years old.

Medication "Indomethacin" can be the cause of insomnia, dizziness, skin itching, increased pressure, bronchospasm, noise in the ears, changes in taste perception, increased sweating.

Analogues of Ketorol solution for injection of

The most potent instructions are, as indicated by the Ketorol preparation, instructions for use, injections. Analogues - synonyms cheap - solution "Ketofril" - 100 rubles, injections "Dolomin" - 80 rubles. They contain ketorolac.

Replacement can also be selected based on comparing the effects of analgesics on the human body, containing other active components. So, we will select analogues for Ketorol injections. Anesthetics can be done with the use of analgesics containing diclofenac: Diklogen solution - 30-40 rubles, injections of Diclofenac - 40-50 rubles.

Let's take a closer look at the last one. Diclofenac injections are prescribed after operative intervention, with swelling caused by bruises and soft tissue damage, with arthrosis, polyarthritis, sprain.

These injections are contraindicated in children, pregnant women, breast-feeding mothers. It is undesirable to use it for people who have such diseases as a stomach ulcer, inflammation of the intestine, pathological changes in the blood.

The 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 drawbacks, as, indeed, the Ketorol itself in ampoules. Analogues also cause side effects and do not fit all people.

It should be noted that anesthetics can not be taken alone. They should appoint a doctor. If you neglect this rule, you can stop the pain all the time, but the very cause that causes it to aggravate. This can lead to the fact that even potent drugs will not effectively affect the calming of painful feelings that bring severe suffering to a person.

Cheap analgesic drugs can allow you to save the cost of buying medicines, but not always the best option if you want to achieve a tangible quick effect. The analogue is chosen by the doctor if the expensive medication does not suit him due to the indicated prophylactic in the recommendation, or at the request of the patient himself.