Paracetamol is one of the most under-used drugs in veterinary medicine. I’m talking here specifically about analgesia for dogs in the...

Enucleation is commonly carried out in veterinary practice. These patients can benefit hugely from local anaesthetic techniques to...

Can I use CBD for analgesia? This pain update explores the evolution of the targeting of the endocannabinoid system and reviews the...

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....

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...

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....

Analgesia for the caesarean section is a hot topic which generates many questions. There are two recent references on this topic which I...

Providing analgesia for the pancreatitis case always raises a few questions. Are we talking acute or chronic cases? Let’s look at both...

Wound catheters are a perfect method of delivering local anaesthetic directly to the surgical site. Local anaesthetics are a key...

With feline trauma we need to provide analgesia during the initial triage stage of assessment, although it is not until we have spent...

The inclusion of NMDA antagonists in chronic pain management has proven essential in the management of a variety of chronic pain. The...

Optimising intra-operative analgesia Veterinary practitioners are currently facing a shortage of isoflurane, leading many to wonder how...

The first reported use of local anaesthetic for surgical purposes was by a Peruvian army surgeon, that drug being cocaine, derived from...

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...

The recent publication of a review entitled ‘Chronic maladaptive pain in cats: A review of current and future drug treatment options’ by...

Grapiprant is a novel analgesic licensed for managing pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA) in dogs. It launched in the UK early 2019,...

Opioids are the mainstay of analgesia in veterinary practice and should be considered as first line for all animals in pain. Secondly, we...

Medication protocols for emotionally challenged dogs during veterinary visits and procedures   from Zero Pain Philosophy and Behavioural...

September is designated as pain month for the American Chronic Pain Association. The aim is to increase the awareness of painful...