Compendium of continuing education in dentistry
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Compend Contin Educ Dent · Feb 2012
SPRIX (ketorolac tromethamine) nasal spray: a novel nonopioid alternative for managing moderate to moderately severe dental pain.
In summary, SPRIX is a nonopioid alternative for the management of moderate to moderately severe pain. SPRIX offers dentists, physicians, and patients a new non-opioid option to control acute moderate to moderately severe pain in situations in which use of an IM or IV access is not feasible or not wanted. ⋯ Currently, there are no nonopioid alternatives for the treatment of moderate to moderately severe pain other than ketorolac. In patients with more severe pain states, the combination of opioids and SPRIX provides unique advantages in maximizing analgesia while minimizing the unwanted adverse effects of both classes of drugs (referred to as multimodal or "balanced analgesia").