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Paracetamol: it’s all about the dose
Paracetamol is one of the most under-used drugs in veterinary medicine. I’m talking here specifically about analgesia for dogs in the...
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Easy enucleation block
Enucleation is commonly carried out in veterinary practice. These patients can benefit hugely from local anaesthetic techniques to...
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The role of cannabinoids in pain
Can I use CBD for analgesia? This pain update explores the evolution of the targeting of the endocannabinoid system and reviews the...
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Getting started with fentanyl as a CRI
Fentanyl is a short acting full mu opioid agonist which is used as a continuous rate infusion as well as a bolus for rescue analgesia....
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Chronic pain & geriatrics
Providing effective pain management to the geriatric dog or cat is something that we are faced with on a day to day basis. This is the...
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Four nerve blocks to start with
I gave a Lunch & Learn session this week at a local practice and we covered four nerve blocks that are great options for every day use....
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Analgesia for caesarean section
Analgesia for the caesarean section is a hot topic which generates many questions. There are two recent references on this topic which I...
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Analgesia for pancreatitis
Providing analgesia for the pancreatitis case always raises a few questions. Are we talking acute or chronic cases? Let’s look at both...
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Wound catheters know-how
Wound catheters are a perfect method of delivering local anaesthetic directly to the surgical site. Local anaesthetics are a key...
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Analgesia for the trauma cat
With feline trauma we need to provide analgesia during the initial triage stage of assessment, although it is not until we have spent...
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Memantine or amantadine?
The inclusion of NMDA antagonists in chronic pain management has proven essential in the management of a variety of chronic pain. The...
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The quest to reduce volatile agent use
Optimising intra-operative analgesia Veterinary practitioners are currently facing a shortage of isoflurane, leading many to wonder how...
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Basics of local anaesthesia
The first reported use of local anaesthetic for surgical purposes was by a Peruvian army surgeon, that drug being cocaine, derived from...
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Low dose ketamine analgesia
The most common NMDA antagonist we use in every day practice is ketamine which we use as an infusion or bolus. Ketamine is a modulator of...
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Feline maladaptive pain
The recent publication of a review entitled ‘Chronic maladaptive pain in cats: A review of current and future drug treatment options’ by...
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Grapiprant: need to know
Grapiprant is a novel analgesic licensed for managing pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA) in dogs. It launched in the UK early 2019,...
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Opioids in dogs and cats
Opioids are the mainstay of analgesia in veterinary practice and should be considered as first line for all animals in pain. Secondly, we...
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Sedation for the painful behaviour case - dogs & cats
Medication protocols for emotionally challenged dogs during veterinary visits and procedures from Zero Pain Philosophy and Behavioural...
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September is chronic pain month
September is designated as pain month for the American Chronic Pain Association. The aim is to increase the awareness of painful...
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