In my (one) experience with kidney stones, opiates and tamulosin did nothing but intravenous ketorolac stopped it right in its tracks (this is also discussed on reddit). Why shouldn’t kidney stone sufferers just carry ketorolac pills on them and take them if they start feeling kidney stone pain? That’s what I’ve done ever since my kidney stone. That seems a lot more targeted than trying to take a relatively unknown medication ongoingly (though I wouldn’t be surprised if the ketorolac pills are less effective than the intravenous and won’t actually fully avert the pain).
I’m also pretty surprised by the assertion that most kidney stone instances result in tens to hundreds of hours of pain. I would have guessed it was more like a single-digit number of hours to low tens… it seems like a lot of people aren’t being properly medicated to reduce their pain.
In my (one) experience with kidney stones, opiates and tamulosin did nothing but intravenous ketorolac stopped it right in its tracks (this is also discussed on reddit). Why shouldn’t kidney stone sufferers just carry ketorolac pills on them and take them if they start feeling kidney stone pain? That’s what I’ve done ever since my kidney stone. That seems a lot more targeted than trying to take a relatively unknown medication ongoingly (though I wouldn’t be surprised if the ketorolac pills are less effective than the intravenous and won’t actually fully avert the pain).
I’m also pretty surprised by the assertion that most kidney stone instances result in tens to hundreds of hours of pain. I would have guessed it was more like a single-digit number of hours to low tens… it seems like a lot of people aren’t being properly medicated to reduce their pain.