SYNTEX TORADOL STUDY FINDS DECREASED MORTALITY
Executive Summary
SYNTEX TORADOL STUDY FINDS DECREASED MORTALITY among patients treated with the injectable analgesic Toradol (ketorolac) compared to those treated with opioids, Syntex declared Dec. 22. The 20,000-patient postmarketing surveillance study, conducted by Brian Strom, University of Pennsylvania, compared 10,000 courses of injectable ketorolac to 10,000 courses of opioids. "Investigators found a statistically significant decrease in the mortality rate" in favor of Toradol, Syntex said.
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