Analgesics

Naloxone In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview A competitive antagonist targeting opioid receptors has the ability to counteract the effects induced...

Nitrous oxide In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Causes CNS depression. Uses of Nitrous oxide When used in conjunction with oxygen, nitrous...

Morphine In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Analgesia is mediated by the mu-opioid receptor. Uses of Morphine Management of moderate to severe...

Mepivacaine In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview The mechanism of action of local anaesthetics relies on the reversible inhibition of the...

Midazolam In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Increases the effect of GABA on the GABA A receptor, resulting in neural inhibition,...

Medetomidine In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Agonists at peripheral and central alpha-2 adrenoreceptors produce dose-dependent sedation, muscle relaxation and analgesia. Uses...

Lidocaine (Lignocaine) In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Local anaesthetic activity is predicated on reversible sodium channel blocking, which prevents action...

Gabapentin: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview The exact mechanism of action of gabapentin is unknown, but it appears to bind to a specific modulating...

Fentanyl: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Synthetic pure mu (OP3) receptor agonist. Uses of Fentanyl Very potent opioid analgesic (50 times more potent than morphine)...

Dexmedetomidine: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Agonist at peripheral and central alpha-2 adrenoreceptors, causing sedation, muscular relaxation, and analgesia. Uses of Dexmedetomidine To provide sedation and...