Pain Updates | Zero Pain Philosophy

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One bag analgesia!

A common question for us is about using morphine lidocaine and ketamine as a combination infusion for analgesia. This is a great...

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Grapiprant survey

We are gathering insight regarding grapiprant (Galliprant) and value your opinion as a prescriber. If you can spare 2 minutes we would be...

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Analgesia for a pyometra

Pyometra is one of those often emergency surgeries where having a pre-determined plan can be a real help. Thinking along the lines of our...

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What does pain mean to you?

It’s pain awareness month and we are feeling philosophical! Well of course we are, it’s part of what we do. So, for 5 minutes let’s...

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NSAIDs the lowdown

NSAIDs are first line drugs in acute and chronic pain. Our infographic illustrates our 9 tips for using NSAIDs in chronic pain. Want to...

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CRI masterclass catch up!

After last week’s CRI masterclass I received some questions I thought worth sharing. Rule – if someone if asking it, someone else is...

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Is maropitant analgesic?

Maropitant is a neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonist. The NK-1 receptor and its neurotransmitter substance P are involved in a number...

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Subcutaneous ketamine for analgesia

The first case I used ketamine 0.5 mg/kg SQ on was a dog with lumbosacral degeneration, back in 2012. This poor dog was intolerant of a...

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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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Locoregional options for stifle surgery

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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...