Experiences With Toradol?

I'm having an abdominal myomectomy a week from today, and I'm feeling VERY scared about how much pain I'm going to be in when I wake up.

My surgeon said that my pain will be managed with a local anesthetic that she puts in the incision, and then I will be on IV toradol. I believe that I'll also have a dialaudid a pca pump, but she thinks that between the local and the toradol, I probably won't need to use it. (I actually would prefer not to have an opiate because I REALLY hate feeling sedated/groggy.)

I'm just nervous because, though I'd prefer not to be on an opiate, everyone I know who's had this surgery has been on one. Have any of you had an open myo with toradol for pain management? How was it?

Dilaudid works well. I had it after I had my craniotomy in pill form. If it worked that well in pill form then I think if you're going to be getting it IV, so far as post operative pain is concerned, you don't have anything to be concerned about.

Good luck with your surgery.

I have had experience with Toradol given as a rescue for migraine. Several times I have had them where my normal triptans didn't work and I had to got to urgent care, also after my appendectomy because narcotics and or anesthesia give me migraine. They give me a 60 mg injection and the migraine is usually gone within 20 to 30 minutes. That is much faster than any triptans works for me. I also was given Toradol injection post ablation which kept me from having any pain for several hours. I think if you are getting it IV it will probably do the trick. Dilaudid works very well for pain. I was given for kidney stones and pre appendectomy, but it gives me a terrible headache and then I need the Toradol injection. I think you will be just fine.

IV toradol is amazing. I had it after major surgery, and I was up walking the halls the next day. I let my pain meds lapse because I was feeling so great, and was in a world of pain that night, but IV toradol relieved it amazingly fast. It is wonderful stuff.

I think Toradol is a great painkiller. I don't like how opiates make me feel either, especially a high dose for severe pain. I will use them if I have to. When I had my hysterectomy, I had them stop my IV painkillers quick after my hysterectomy, but I loved the toradol. I took oral narcotics, but I think the toradol helped more.

There is also oral Toradol.

Oral toradol did nothing for me, while IV and IM toradol worked wonders! Maybe it would work great with others?

I have not tried it either. They are 10 mg., my injections for migraine were 60 mg.

Toradol IV after my LSH was amazing. No extra pain meds were needed. I came home next day and only took Hydrocodone every 6 hours for two more days. Pain free even then and decided I have a blessed surgeon. No more mess. I highly recommend TORADOL.