Drug Summary

  Drug name:  ketorolac
  Chemical name:  Ketorolac tromethamine
  Formula:  C₁₅H₁₃NO₃
  Weight:   255.2686
  CAS no:  66635-83-4
  DrugBank link:  DB00465
  Description:  A pyrrolizine carboxylic acid derivative structurally related to indomethacin. It is an NSAID and is used principally for its analgesic activity. (From Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed)
  Indication:  For the short-term (~5 days) management of moderately severe acute pain that requires analgesia at the opioid level, usually in a postoperative setting.