INTRAMUSCULAR KETOROLAC FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC STERILIZATION

The analgesic effect of intramuscular ketorolac was assessed by double blind study in forty women presenting for day-case laparoscopic steri lisation. The patients were randomly allocated to receive either ketor olac 30 mg or saline by intramuscular injection immediately following induction of general anaesthesia. There was no statistically significa nt difference between the groups in pain scores, opioid requirements o r incidence of nausea and vomiting in the postoperative period In view of the potential side-effects of ketorolac, and the apparent lack of efficacy when used prophylactically, the routine use of the drug in th is group of patients cannot be recommended.