ion prior to game time? toradol=ketorolac injectionable, powerful NSAID.
I guess what I’m getting at is that there seems to be a slippery slope between what is "NFL acceptable" and what is considered "performance enhancing." Shouldn’t these decisions be left to team physicians in a case by case basis rather than the NFL Committee?
Jean K, respectfully, I don’t need a lesson in pharmacology, trust me, I’ve spent a lot of money and time getting my MD degree.
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Crouching F150, wouldn’t that mean you gotta flat on your Ford.
Because Toradol is just that…a powerful NSAID, or antiinflammatory. Opioids are narcotics which have side effects which may affect their performance. Opioids are also used more for acute pain. That’s my guess.
I agree with "wouldn’t you like to know"…I was just at the ER for a kidney stone. They first administered toradol and it only took the top edge of the pain away, but I didn’t feel woozy or "drunk". Since the toradol wasn’t taking the pain away completely, they gave me dilaudid (an opioid narcotic). And that really made the pain go away…along with any other concern of mine. I kinda felt like I was floating.
Ketorolac or ketorolac tromethamine (marketed as Toradol – generics have been approved) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) in the family of heterocyclic acetic acid derivatives, often used as an analgesic, antipyretic (fever reducer), and anti-inflammatory.
Hydromorphone (Palladone IR®), (Palladone SR®), (Dilaudid®) is a potent centrally-acting analgesic drug of the opioid class; it is a derivative of morphine, specifically a hydrogenated ketone thereof — therefore a semi-synthetic drug and both an opiate and a true narcotic.
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