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I've followed Les Brown for years. He is just amazing. He seems to always key into what I'm feeling. He knows when I need a kick in the pants to keep going or hug. Here is a great post from Facebook. Click the link below. I hope you enjoy it too.
Will You Go For It?
What is your burning desire?
What is the one thing that keeps coming up that you say I wish or someday?
When are you going to take action?
When will you go for it?
For me this year has been about going for it. Not playing small. I'm kicking some tushy and taking names on some goals that have been hanging around far to long!!
Listen to my latest video blog where about about your burning desire.
Want to get started. Check out my 30 day fitness sprint challenge. Click here
Are You A Poser?
In my fitness career I've found that there are three types of fitness folks.
- Seekers: In constant search of the "diet plan" "workout" "coach" "super food" etc. that will help them to achieve their goals. When "the something" doesn't give them fast weight loss or a quick fix, they give up immediately and declare it a failure.
- Poser: They say all the right things, buy the right stuff, wear the right clothes, belong to the right groups, talks the talk but kinda walks the walk.
- Doers: These are the folks that put their blood, sweat and tears into making their goals come true. You get up before the sun rises, go to the gym when they don't feel it and make the most of their workouts.
You ask the question, how can you transition? Or can you transition? Yes, you can!!
- Set your intention. Get clear about what you want!!!
- Take an inventory. See how things the way they are. I'm not saying project stuff onto yourself. Talk a good hard look in the mirror and say where you are. Think of it like this. If you were looking at your bank account, you wouldn't exaggerate your bank balance. That's what I want you to do with your health.
- Now ponder what it would be if you have your ideal/best health or fitness level. Give yourself the opportunity to dream, what it would be like for you. Is it mean or this is where the song "Dreamweaver" comes on.
- ACTION – take a look at your dream/vision and pick 2 things that you can do TODAY to move toward that vision. Once you have those 2 things and STICK with it for 30 days.
The goal of this blog post wasn't to make any one feel ashamed. It was something for you to think about, and put wonder in your mind about what it would be like to GO FOR IT!
I really think that everyone has something inside of them that holds him or her back from their goals. I know how good it feels to hit my goals and I want everyone to feel that want. I want you to give yourself "permission" to feel great and look fabulous.
How many of you are ready to feel great and look fabulous. I would love to hear what 2 things you are going to work on for the next 30 days, please leave me a comment?
We Have To Start Somewhere!
I have always been interested in fitness, but my fitness journey really started in January 2002. My husband and I had just gotten married and he's family has a history or heart disease and high blood pressure. I told him I didn't want him to die on me, so we going to give each other a personal training for Christmas.
Enter Mike D. This man CHANGED the trajectory of my life. We met with him every Saturday at 7am for 6 months. During that time I lost 25 pounds and my husband lost 40 pounds. From the first meeting with Mike, Philip (my husband) and I were ALL IN! That day we went home and throw out all the crap and the "healthy" crap.
Boy, was it a wake up call to lose my cheese and crackers and my pasta. I thought I'd miss it but looking back I had to go cold turkey.
During this time the gym had a weight loss contest. It was based on body comp change and I won. It was at this time Mike who was a former bodybuilder suggested I think about competing. At this time, I had NO CLUE about competing. I didn't even know what it was all about. He told me go buy an Oxygen magazine and get back to him. I flipped through and thought this is not for me. I'm was not a "girlie" girl.
Fast forward 2004, the Red Sox win their first world series. My motto became if the Red Sox can win a World Series anything is possible. I sought out a competition coach and I competed for 9 years.
During this time, what was a hobby turned into a full blown passion. I wanted to be the Mike D. for other people.
You can only imagine what it feels like when you are able to set a goal that you thought was impossible and achieve it.
I wanted to help others feel the same way that I did. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than seeing others achieve their goals.
I started part time in fitness in 2006 and made the transition to full time fitness in 2010.
I can't imagine my life without fitness and I hope that I can inspire my clients that we Mike inspired me.
Do you have a fitness story? I'd love to hear about your journey. Leave me a comment below.
{Day 25} What's Your Why??
Now. when you hear this you like what are you talking about. Over the past 2 years I've spent time working on mine. So. here's a peak into me. Three years ago I was
working slaving for a corporate gym burning the candle at both ends. One day I was like what am I doing. I'm exhausted, I'm giving them 60% of my money and they still want more. What else could I give? Umm.. my notice. My WHY — I wanted to be happier, less tired, go vacation with my husband with it not be the "right time" be appreciated for me hard work. I scaled back my time at gym and started working for myself training clients online. I was — less tired, had more energy and was HAPPIER! I was doing what I wanted to do — servicing clients. What made me snap was my WHY! I started training becasue I wanted to help folks lose weight and get healthy. I didn't want to hit quotas, if I wanted to do that I would have stayed in sales in corporate America. So.. let's get down to today's lesson.
- What's your WHY?
- We've talked about a number of different mindset and motivational ideas, but really WHY are you looking to get healthier?
- Why are you looking to make a change?
- Who supports my success?
- Who needs me to succeed?
- Why now?
- Is my why big enough?
People who know their "why" will make their dreams come true. At times you may look in the mirror and think to yourself, I can't do this, this is where you borrow belief. Allow yourself to be taught.
Today's a assignment is a little tough. We are rapidly reaching the end of our time together so — I need to make sure I get it all in.
- Decide what you want?
- Where do you want to by the end of the year?
- What is your why?
- So deep and meaningful that it makes you want to move any obstacle to make your goals happen
- Solid game plan
- When we set goals at the beginning of this challenge where they solid? Can you measure how far you have come?
- Are your goals should be on paper!
- Your goals should be posted someplace you can see every day to remind you of where you are going!
- Commit
- You can't do just say I'll try. You need to commit.
- Are you willing to commit to be in a different place 12 months for now?
- Personal Development
- Become a student of a healthy lifestyle
- Invest in coaching to help you get over your hurdles
- Invest time in reading and learning about health and fitness
- Invest in researching the best foods for you and your family
- What's you holding you back
- Here is where you put the Hairy Eyeball of Truth
Don't wait for someone else to to create what you want! In the words of Nike — Just Do It!! Another good blog post, Make Yourself! Love'd the Nike campaign.
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Day 1 — Intro the challenge
Day 2 — Getting your mind straight
Day 3 — Goal setting
Day 4 — What's on your plate
Day 5 — Lift
Day 6 — Cardio
Day 7 — Living on your own terms
Day 8 — Rest day
Day 9 — Forming a habit
Day 10 — Just Breathe
Day 11 — Fat loss secrets revealed
Day 12 — Can you pinch an inch
Day 13 — Dedicated and Focused
Day 14 — Doubt
Day 15 — Rewards and Consequences
Day 16 — Damn Hormones
Day 17 — Pre and Post Workout Meals
Day 18 — Successful Weight Loss
Day 19 — Know Before You Go
Day 20 — Courage and Strength
Day 21 — You Can't Out Run A Bad Diet
Day 22 — 10 Days To Go!
Day 23 To Cleanse Or Not Cleanse
Day 24 The Power Of Sleep
[Day 6] I'm A Sweaty Mess!
Yesterday was all about strength training. I'll admit it. I LOVE LIFTING. Cardio not so much. I get bored easily. Where I know some of you would rather run your heart out, I'd rather lift. I know I need to do cardio as it's good for my heart and sadly as I age I need to do it to help me burn off the fat in addition to the lifting.
Now some of you are cardio queens and will do cardio for a hours on end. I'm sorry to bust your bubble but if you desire to get shredded, ripped or etc. You got to limit your time on cardio. Here are some tips to follow:
- Your cardio should be limited to 30-35 minutes. You should only be doing cardio 3-5 days/week
- Do intervals — I mean you go hard for a certain period and then you recover and then go hard (I've attached an interval)
- Make sure you are sweating
- You should at some point feel uncomfortable
- Reading a magazine or book should be difficult unless you are looking at the pictures
- When you hop on cardio be sure to mix up the machines as well as the programs on said machines.
Today's challenge
- If you are a cardio queen yes there is a definition in the urban dictionary. Scale back your cardio to 30-35 min.
- If you
hateI mean dislike cardiothen you will hop on for 30 min at least 3 times this week. Something I've been doing recently that really helps me to get through cardio is I've been doing finisher and then hoping on the treadmill and walking on an incline. I put the incline at 10 and the speed at fast enough that I can walk but running would be easier.
- Below is a cardio workout for you to try.
Do the following circuit as many times as possible in 3 minutes. Rest only when needed:
Speed Skaters (5/side)
Mountain Climbers (10)
Burpees (5)
*Record below how many circuits
High Knees-30 sec
T-Pushup Pushup- 30 sec
Prisoner Squat- 30 sec
* Record below how many circuits
My cardio queens I haven't forgot about you. Here is cardio rehab for you.
Hop on an elliptical. Warm up 5 min
Incline 9
We are working a ladder we are going up and if you are feeling strong you will come down.
30 sec hard don't 160 strides/min
30 sec easy recover
60 sec hard don't go below 160 strides/min
30 sec easy recover
2 min hard
1 min easy
3 min hard
2 min easy
4 min hard
3 min easy
now.. if you are feeling it go back down the ladder
4 min hard
3 min easy
3 min hard
2 min easy
2 min hard
1 min easy
1 min hard
30 easy
5 min cool down
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Day 1 — Intro the challenge
Day 2 — Getting your mind straight
Day 3 — Goal setting
Day 4 — What's on your plate
Day 5 — Lift
Stay tuned.. tomorrow I will talk about treat meals.
{Day 3} Gotta Have Goals!!!
Every client I work with I always ask what are your goals. What are we working towards. I typically get 2 types of response. They either know their goals and can rattle them off or they look and me and say hmm what do you think I need to work on. When I hear the lather response I'm always taken a back. My feeling if you are seeking advice from a fitness professional you must have a goal. I can certainly help you fine tune them, but I've found that when you work toward a goal that isn't yours you aren't as passionate achieving it. Setting goals sometimes requires you to deep dig look in the mirror and really ask what you want.
So. today's challenge is about setting SMART goals. I want you to think of goal setting as creating a road map for where you want to go. Imagine if you wanted to go to California. Would you get in the car and just drive, no.. you'd make a plan. You'd figure out do you drive, fly or some other mode of transportation. You'd map out where in California you were going and then you'd figure out when you'd want to go and for how long. I want you to keep this analogy in your head as we dive into goal setting.
When clients set goals I typically experience two things.
1. They aren't measurable, I hear something like this
- Tone up
- Get cut you know shredded
- Lose my tummy
- Firm up my J Lo (okay that's my goal =))
2. They aren't realistic
- I'm going vacation in 2 weeks I want to drop 20 pounds
- I want to put on 5 pounds of muscle while I'm training for a marathon
- I'm going eat less than 1000 calories to drop weight fast
So.. when you set goals it doesn't have to be this HUGE over the top goal. Now I'm not saying don't set challenging goals, but set goals that you will be able to see and have some success.
We all have goals that we are trying to achieve, but are you setting SMART Goals. When you set SMART goals you are more likely to achieve them. SMART goals are written in such a way that anyone who reads them can see what you are trying to achieve.
Here is what I'm talking about:
|What do I want to accomplish?
|Criteria for measuring progress toward your goal
|Goals are realistic and can be achieved in a specific amount of time and are reasonable.
|You are both willing and able to work toward achieving this goal.
|Goals have a clearly defined time-frame including a target or deadline date.
|I will be able to do 10 pushups from my toes by January 31st.
|I will bring my lunch 3 days on Mondays, Wednesday and Thursdays for the month of February.
|I will do cardio for 30 minutes 5 times/week on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Is this starting to make sense?? So.. Day 3 Challenge as you can image is to set goals for this 30 day challenge.
- They should begin with I will……
- Now if you are feeling aggressive let's set some goals for the next 60 and then 90 days.
- I write a lot about goals so here are some additional reading about goals that may help you.
- If you are stuck reach out! That's why I'm here.
Don't forget Leave a comment below. Write a facebook post on the Fabulous Fit Squad. If you have a personal blog, write a blog post. Make sure you link back to the site so we can cheer you on and hold you accountable.
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Day 1 — Intro the challenge
Day 2 — Getting your mind straight
Stay tuned.. tomorrow I will give you the building blocks of good nutrition.
Hold Yourself Accountable
5 Ways To Successfully Reach Your Weight Loss Goals
Hairy Eyeball of Truth
How Do I Need To Improve?
I love this blog challenge because it's all about simple micro actions. This is what I tell my clients it's not about big sweeping moving, but taking tiny steps forward toward your goals.
Today's blog focus is what 3 things can I do change my blog.
- Clear Calls To Action — How do we interact with each other. Make it easy for you to understand what you are a suppose to do once you get to the site. How can you work with me? How do I make so you want to hang out with me and join the squad in some capacity.
- Clear and Consistent Content — This challenge has really helped me get clear about what I want the blog to be about. During this challenge I want to get consistent with my posting.
- Clean Up My Service Offerings — What is it that I offer clients? KISS ~ Keep It Simple Stupid.
How about you? Think of 3 things that you can improve and leave me a comment below.
Just Give Me Three Steps!!
The first thing that comes to my mind is that song — Give me three steps, give me threes steps mister, give me three steps towards the door …… Now you can take the three steps toward the door to be positive or negative. I take it to be positive. As the saying goes when one door closes another one opens. My taking 3 steps toward the door is positive. To move me closer to that other door and the life I want to lead here are the 3 things I must do!
- Develop my 90 day — this means getting it out of my head and putting it in writing. This means mapping out what I need to get purge to make room for what I truly want my life to be.
- Part of my plan will be to become a better and consistent blogger
- Build a community of women
- Develop an information product
- Track and log all the ideas in my head
- Create a clean eat recipe database
- Set the ground work to become a fitness speaker
- Get clear about my health — right now I'm going through some health challenges and I really to make sure that I make the decisions that will help me long term. Nothing to be worried about they tell me I'll live a nice long life.
- Have a daily plan — I find that when I map out my day the night before I feel focused and productive. They say it takes 21 days to make a new habit. So.. I'm going to give myself 90 days to really burn it in.
So.. what are your three steps. What you do you need to purge to make your dreams come true??
Can You Have Work And Play?
Today is all about how we can mix work with play. What an interesting concept!! This is so timely because one of my mentors told me I needed to CHILL out! That I was working to hard and needed to find a way to mix business with pleasure. That comment made me take a big step back!! I didn't know where to begin, so this blog posting is quite timely. I'm going to treat this blog post today like an interview. Kim I want to you close your eyes and visualize your perfect day.
- How would you spend it? I'm a sucker for the ocean. Ideally I would love to wake with the help of an alarm clock. I would go outside and with a hot cup of coffee and just take in the morning. I know that they say you shouldn't read the paper, but it helps to ground me. I find that when I read the paper it's not about the fire, murders and bad things, I really gravitate towards the human interest, science and okay a little entertainment news. The main thing is really all about just sitting out and breathing in that ocean air. Once my morning is complete I'd head out to the gym. Then I'd head back and start my work day. Once my work is complete I'd head back outside and watch the sunset — I love watching the colors and how they vary from day to day. It's just so fascinating to me.
- With whom? I envision myself surrounded by friends who share my vision, make me laugh and push me to better than I think I could possible be. Of course my husband would be with me, but we both know that if we spend to much time together it would make us crazy –LOL =)
- Where would you be? As I've mentioned I LOVE warm weather!!! Ideally I'd be in a place that I can be outside enjoying warm weather. With that said, I could be somewhere where I wear a light jacket or fleece, but certainly not wearing a hat, scarf and gloves!
- Would you be working, playing or both? My day would a combination of both. One of my clients said it best everyday would be a Saturday! You know where you might have some things to do in the mornings, but then the rest of the day is YOURS!!! The challenge as I mentioned earlier is to just relax and not feel like I need to ALWAYS be moving!
- What does that smell, look and feel like? They say that if you are doing something you love you are in the "flow". My goal through this blog challenge is to really discover "my flow". Over the past few years, I've done stuff for money. Now..I want to pay attention to what I do that makes me get into the flow. So.. my day looks and feel relaxed, I'm not anyone's else time schedule or agenda. I'm working on projects that make me happy and while I'm working on them I lose track of time. The part of my day is really make sure I have blocks where I'm not watching the trying to squeeze in project into bits of time. I truly believe that's what hurts my flow. As I lose my rhythm and its hard to get it back.
Kim, now that we got the personal thoughts of your day, let's talk about your business. Contemplate how a business fits into your perfect life.
- What kind of work do you do? My business is a combination of online and telephone coaching. I'm also working on creating easy to make clean eating recipes. One of the outcomes of my business is also recommending and sharing products that would be beneficial for my clients.
- Who are your customers? My clients are busy moms and working women over forty who are looking to get their groove back.
- How much time would you spend in your business? In any given day, I would love to spend 4 hours working in my business and another 2-4 hours working on my business. Now here is the distinction. In my business is doing the hands on work, actively coaching clients, writing programs, responding to emails, putting together information products, and marketing my business. Working ON my business would be meeting with business partners, attending conferences, marketing, attending networking events.
- What hours would you work, ideally? I find I'm most awake between 11 and 4 and then get another burst around 8pm.


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"Since Saturday, I've fried Sergio like catfish, mashed him like potatoes, and creamed his corn in ten straight games of bowling. And it's just the middle of the week. People call Wednesday 'hump day,' but for Sergio it's 'kicked-in-the-rump day.' I'm his daddy now, the maddest, baddest, most spectacular bowler ever."
Lamar Washington talks big and backs it up with even bigger bowling skills. You would never think that he started playing just because he has terrible asthma, and all other sports make him wheeze. Unfortunately, Lamar's got a basketball star brother named Xavier who doesn't treat him very well which all leads us to find out How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy.
Marcus, the new kid in town, wants to tryout for the undefeated high school football team in Pop, by Gordon Korman. While training by himself at a local park, he meets Charlie, a massive 50-something-year-old man with powerful football skills that he shares with Marcus. Estranged from the teammates who don't want to accept an outsider, Marcus's growing friendship with Charlie gives him a sense of belonging. But Marcus also begins to see that something about Charlie isn't quite right. For an old guy, he's a charismatic prankster who acts like a big kid, can't remember Marcus's name and runs away at the first sign of trouble. Then Marcus discovers that Charlie is actually a former NFL linebacker known as "The King of Pop."
Sam LaCroix has got some serious issues. He's a college dropout working a dead-end job in fast food and an elderly next-door neighbor who has more of a night life than he does. But at least none of Sam's problems verge on the darker side of paranormal…until now.
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, by Lish McBride, is the story of one man's journey from slacker to soul reaver. The only things Sam has going for himself are playing hockey with potatoes in the parking lot and betting when the rookie employee is finally going to crack under the pressure. This all changes when a renegade tater obliterates a car's tail light.
"I think sometimes you think you're the hero of the story, and sometimes you think you're the victim…but you're not either."
Banished from their small village, three small, bald cousins aimlessly wander in the desert. The one with a star on his shirt is greedy and sneaky. The tallest one is jolly but dim-witted. The quietest one is a hero in the making, though he doesn't know that yet. They quickly become separated and when they reunite they are wrapped up in the beginnings of a brutal war involving humans, dragons, and a frightening race of giant rat-creatures…stupid stupid rat creatures.
Jeff Smith's graphic novel series Bone manages to combine the look and humor of Disney cartoons while tackling the sort of epic adventure that one might find in J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis.
Sammy Bojar plays guitar in Tragedy of Wisdom with a frightening and talentless lead singer (guess which member chose the name). Most of their practices end in a ragin' tantrum. It looks like a dead-end situation for Sammy and his crew, until a battle of the bands competition gives them a possible chance to record a song for radio play. As Sammy struggles to gain control of his songwriting career, he is helped by his paranoid jazz pianist grandfather and his old best friend/new girlfriend, Jen5.
This past weekend, the film adaptation of Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story opened in theaters across the country. Vizzini's book centers on a smart teenager named Craig Gilner, who has had growing issues of anxiety and depression since joining an extremely selective, intense private high school in Manhattan. After obsessively studying and getting a perfect score on the entrance exam, Craig finds himself in way over his head, drowning in a sea of labs and math equations. Partying and pining for his best friend's girl doesn't help matters either.
Let's face it, people--this vampire craze might just be on its way out. Passé. Gone from undead to dead again. A new kind of hero has been taking their place. A powerful being with brains, creativity, and money on his side. This is a new kind of hero for the ages: The Super-villain.
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Germany's 'psychic' pets concern animal rights group
Germany has upset animal rights activists with its latest attempts to predict the outcome of Euro 2012.
Two years after the death of popular pundit Paul the octopus, a range of pets are now being deployed to "predict" which football team will win.
However, Yvonne the cow, Kasimir the alpaca and Xaver the bulldog have upset German animal rights activists.
The country's Tierschutzbund group said it was worried animal oracles had been overused during the tournament.
Television and radio stations across the country have been employing animals to predict results in the tournament, with varying degrees of success.
Marius Tunte of Tierschutzbund told the BBC: "These days, everybody who has an animal seems to put it in front of a camera.
Germany's pet pundits
- Emma the pig picks a team according to which door she runs through for food
- Yvonne the cow has conspicuously got things wrong by predicting the loser as the winner
- The otters, Ferret and Mormel, in a zoo in the town of Aue, are alternating in their forecasting roles.
- Nelly the elephant can kick a ball into one of two goals draped with the appropriate flags to make her predictions
- Kasimir the alpaca works for a small Bavarian television station
- Two tortoises, Sissi and Franz, make their predictions for a radio station in Baden-Wurttemberg by going to one trough or the other - if they go different ways, it will be a draw
- Xaver the bulldog also works for a Bavarian radio station...
- ...as does Traudl the goat
- The ferrets, Speedy and Snow White, work for Radio Leverkusen
"Every station has its own animal."
The group said the use of animals as psychics threatened the dignity of the creatures.
Stephen Evans, the BBC's Berlin correspondent, said Tierschutzbund took particular exception to an internet radio station which used a python called Ado.
The snake was offered the choice of two rats, one with a stripe representing Germany and the other without a stripe representing Denmark.
The agency said: "Unnecessary suffering is being inflicted purely for the sake of enjoyment."
Yvonne the cow has made a name for herself by managing to predict the loser as the winner.
Other animals hitting the headlines include Emma the pig, Ferret and Mormel the Otters, and Traudl the goat, who has landed a job at a Bavarian radio station.
Paul the octopus retired at the grand old age of two, after a heavy summer working on the World Cup 2010 circuit.
He made headlines around the world with a string of correct predictions, which he made by selecting a mussel from boxes bearing teams' national flags.
While he originally hailed from Weymouth, UK, Paul spent most of his life in the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany.
Paul stepped down after the tournament, after which aquarium staff presented him with his very own replica World Cup trophy garnished with mussels.


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- TORADOL is CONTRAINDICATED in patients with advanced renal impairment and in patients at risk for renal failure due to volume depletion (see WARNINGS).
- TORADOL inhibits platelet function and is, therefore, CONTRAINDICATED in patients with suspected or confirmed cerebrovascular bleeding, patients with hemorrhagic diathesis, incomplete hemostasis and those at high risk of bleeding (see WARNINGS and PRECAUTIONS).
- TORADOL is CONTRAINDICATED as prophylactic analgesic before any major surgery and is CONTRAINDICATED intraoperatively when hemostasis is critical because of the increased risk of bleeding.
- Hypersensitivity reactions, ranging from bronchospasm to anaphylactic shock, have occurred and appropriate counteractive measures must be available when administering the first dose of TORADOLIV/IM(see CONTRAINDICATIONS and WARNINGS). TORADOL is CONTRAINDICATED in patients with previously demonstrated hypersensitivity to ketorolac tromethamine or allergic manifestations to aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
- TORADOL is CONTRAINDICATED for intrathecal or epidural administration due to its alcohol content.
- The use of TORADOL in labor and delivery is CONTRAINDICATED because it may adversely affect fetal circulation and inhibit uterine contractions.
- The use of TORADOL is CONTRAINDICATED in nursing mothers because of the potential adverse effects of prostaglandin-inhibiting drugs on neonates.
CONCOMITANT USE WITH NSAIDs
- TORADOL is CONTRAINDICATED in patients currently receiving ASA or NSAIDs because of the cumulative risk of inducing serious NSAID-related side effects.
- TORADOLORALis indicated only as continuation therapy to TORADOL IV/IM, and the combined duration of use of TORADOL IV/IMand TORADOL ORALis not to exceed 5 days because of the increased risk of serious adverse events.
- The recommended total daily dose of TORADOL ORAL(maximum 40 mg) is significantly lower than for TORADOL IV/IM(maximum 120 mg) (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION and Transition from TORADOL IV/IMto TORADOL ORAL).
- Dosage should be adjusted for patients 65 years or older, for patients under 50 kg (110 lbs) of body weight (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION) and for patients with moderately elevated serum creatinine (see WARNINGS). Doses of TORADOL IV/IMare not to exceed 60 mg (total dose per day) in these patients. TORADOL IV/IMis indicated as a single dose therapy in pediatric patients (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION); not to exceed 30 mg for IM administration and 15 mg for IV administration.
TORADOL (ketorolac tromethamine) is a member of the pyrrolo-pyrrole group of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
TORADOL is indicated for the short-term (<=5 days) management of moderately severe acute pain that requires analgesia at the opioid level, usually in a postoperative setting.
Pain care and management for older Americans Source: Caregivers / Homecare News From Medical News Today [2014.11.22]The first issue of a new publication series from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) called From Policy to Practice explores pain as a public health problem and takes a look at how various...
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Infants experience less pain in mother's soothing presence and gene activity in infant brain altered Source: Neurology / Neuroscience News From Medical News Today [2014.11.20]Research led by NYU Langone Medical Center offers insight into short-term effects of maternal caregiving on a developing brainA mother's "TLC" not only can help soothe pain in infants, but it may...
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Prophylactic nepafenac and ketorolac versus placebo in preventing postoperative
macular edema after uneventful phacoemulsification. [2012]randomized clinical trial... CONCLUSIONS: One month after uneventful phacoemulsification, there was no
The effect of perioperative ketorolac on pain control in pregnancy termination. [2011.11.29]BACKGROUND: The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of perioperative ketorolac on pain associated with first-trimester aspiration abortion... CONCLUSION: Perioperative ketorolac has the same effect on postoperative pain as determined by VAS as placebo. The use of ketorolac at the 30-mg dose cannot be recommended for better pain control for patients undergoing first-trimester pregnancy termination by suction curettage. The only positive effect of the use of ketorolac compared to placebo was a reduction in the use of acetaminophen. Ketorolac use does not appear to change blood loss in the operating room or through postoperative day 1 compared to placebo. Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
A randomized, controlled trial validates a peripheral supra-additive antihyperalgesic effect of a paracetamol-ketorolac combination. [2011.11]The combination of paracetamol with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is widely used; however, the nature and mechanism of their interaction are still debated. A double-blind, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic, randomized, cross-over, placebo-controlled study was carried out in human healthy volunteers...
Preemptive analgesic effectiveness of oral ketorolac plus local tramadol after impacted mandibular third molar surgery. [2011.09.01]OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare preemptive analgesia of oral ketorolac plus submucous local placebo with oral ketorolac plus submucous local tramadol after impacted mandibular third molar surgery... CONCLUSIONS: Preemptive use of oral ketorolac plus submucous local tramadol is an alternative treatment for acute pain after surgical removal of an impacted mandibular third molar.
A double-blind placebo-controlled comparison of a novel formulation of intravenous diclofenac and ketorolac for postoperative third molar extraction pain. [2011.06]Dyloject is a novel formulation of diclofenac intended for intravenous (IV) administration...
An Efficacy and Safety Trial of Intranasal Ketorolac in Emergency Department Patients for the Treatment of Acute Pain [Not yet recruiting]
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness, the safety, and the
tolerability of intranasal ketorolac (Sprix) in relieving acute pain in adults ages 18-64
who come to the ED seeking care. Considering all ED visits, pain is the most common chief
complaint. Giving intranasal ketorolac (Sprix) after stomach and dental surgeries has been
shown to be safe and effective, but no studies have investigated the use of intranasal
ketorolac (Sprix) for the treatment of acute pain in the ED.
Ketorolac (Sprix) has several advantages over other drugs commonly given for pain, including
opioids. Ketorolac (Sprix) is non-addicting and has fewer side effects than opioids. The
administration of ketorolac (Sprix) by other methods, such as IV, intramuscular shot, and
oral pill form, has been shown to be safe and effective in treating acute pain.
This study is being done to find out if giving ketorolac (Sprix) as a single dose nasal
spray will have the same benefit in decreasing patient's pain.
Use of Ketorolac in Management of Post-Operative Pain After Heart Surgery [Completed]
This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of ketorolac for post-operative pain management
after heart surgery. Ketorolac appears to provide enhanced pain relief while also decreasing
the requirements for morphine during the (immediate) 24-hour post-operative period.
Disposition of Intravenous Ketorolac [Not yet recruiting]
The purpose of this study is:
- to document ketorolac disposition (concentration/time profile, protein binding,
metabolism) and its covariates following intravenous (iv) administration of ketorolac
right after caesarean section and to compare those observations (n=32) with
non-pregnant state (n=8) (intra-subject PK comparison)
- to document biochemical tolerance of ketorolac
- to evaluate if optimalisation of ketorolac dose regimen during pregnancy and labor are
appropriated and needed
- to quantify the neonatal exposure to ketorolac through excretion in the breast milk
Pain Control for Intrauterine Device Placement: A Trial of Ketorolac Prior to Intrauterine Device Placement [Recruiting]
Intrauterine device (IUD) placement can be painful for patients during and after the
procedure. Fear of pain from IUD insertion can be a barrier to obtaining this highly
effective long acting reversible contraception. Currently there are no proven effective
methods for reduction of pain during and after placement of modern IUDs (Mirena IUD and
Paragard IUD). Ketorolac has not been studied in regards to decreasing pain during and after
IUD insertion although it is used by some providers for this purpose. It is a strong NSAID
that is indicated for the treatment of moderate acute pain. In the intramuscular form it has
an analgesia onset of action at 30min, thus may be a plausible option for pain management in
the office setting compared to oral NSAIDs, which have a longer time to onset of analgesia
and have not been proven to be effective in reducing pain associated with IUD placement. The
primary aim of this study is to determine whether ketorolac (Toradol) decreases pain
associated with intrauterine device placement compared to placebo. We hypothesize that
administration of ketorolac 30mg intramuscularly at least 30 minutes prior to IUD insertion
will decrease pain scores by at least 20mm on a visual analog scale at various time points
during IUD insertion when compared to placebo of normal saline injection.
Study of Whether 15 mg Dose of Ketorolac IV is as Effective as a 30 mg Dose. [Recruiting]
The primary aim of this study is to show the non-inferiority of 15 mg intraoperative dose of
ketorolac as compared to the standard 30 mg ketorolac by looking at the VAS scores 4 hours
after an adult spine surgery.
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Very old JVMs where heap fragmentation was an issue and this would be true (untuned) - I'd guess pretty much any modern JVM and this is simply untrue.
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"Patent pending" though
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