Pain Management

Veterinary teams must be prepared to provide immediate triage and assessment for patients that are having difficulty breathing.

When your patients are really hurting, a one-size-fits-all approach won’t cut it. Alleviating pain and discomfort is best achieved through a combination of modalities, including pharmaceuticals and supplements.

The new drug has been proven safe and effective in relieving pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis is a painful, debilitating condition that affects countless animals. Here’s a look at alternative treatments being used in veterinary practices across the country.

In explaining how a noxious stimulus in the periphery becomes an electrical impulse in the cerebral cortex, veterinary anesthesiologist Dr. Mike Barletta ultimately makes a case for multimodal pain management.

Practical tips for improving your pain protocols and increasing veterinary patient comfort by extending local anesthetic blocks.

A new study examines the use of photobiomodulation therapy to prolong survival for dogs with a progressive, fatal disease that currently has no definitive treatment.

This new resource offers veterinary professionals and students an opportunity to earn RACE-approved CE credit via a series of informative online webinars.

Caudal epidural anesthesia allows for invasive procedures while the horse is sedated in standing position without pain or discomfort.

The new WSAVA initiative has already awarded one veterinarian with scholarship funds, pain management training and the title of the first key opinion leader of veterinary pain management, but the technician scholarship is still up for grabs.

Opioids lob their powers against many of the body’s evils, from pain to coughing to diarrhea. But there’s a dark side to opioids, both for the pets prescribed them and for their human caregivers.

Experts share their experience and expertise on what we know about cannabidiol use in dogs and cats.

Pet expert Steve Dale and pain management guru Dr. Robin Downing offer insight on some alternatives to feline onychectomy that you can share with your clients.

Disturbed to hear someone had a wait on a mental health hotline, this doctor and licensed social worker wants people to know that the calls do get through.

Find out why using objective measures might is a preferred method for assessing pain and quality of life in pets.

The best outcome in patients receiving opioids requires the ability to differentiate pain from dysphoria. A veterinary technician specialist shares her approach.

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Intervertebral disk disease in dogs can be a devastating diagnosis, with treatment decisions often based both on the neurologic status of the patient and the economics of the owner.

Medical etiologies, including pain, must always be considered as differential diagnoses for behavior problems with veterinary patients, especially with a sudden change or exacerbation of a previously stable behavior. Heres what to watch out for as well as three cases where pain was the culprit.

The American opioid epidemic continues, and as new, non-narcotic analgesics are developed, we owe it to pets (and people!) suffering from cancer to manage and relieve acute and chronic pain. But perhaps also, argues Dr. Mike Nolan, because some studies show a connection between pain relief and the behavior of tumors in a manner that improves survivorship.

If youre devoted to pain management, the World Small Animal Veterinary Association wants you to try out for this scholarship to study and start your path to becoming a pain management thought leader in your country.

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The latest on diagnosing and managing a chronic, painful and potentially debilitating condition that affects an estimated 25% of your canine veterinary patients.

Dr. Heather Troyer shares how she uses acupuncture to treat pain associated with several conditions including cancer.

Dr. Troyer discusses end-of-life pet care

While sweeping generalizations may be a bad idea in other situations, feline expert Dr. Kelly St. Denis says its best to assume that all senior cats in your practice are suffering from the pain of DJD.

When your veterinary patient requires crate rest to heal from surgery or injury, make sure to educate owners about the challengesand be ready with strategies to make the process manageable for both pet and people.

Activities at the WSAVA Conference in Toronto focused on the role of nerve growth factor in pain pathway for dogs and cats.

For some veterinary patients, the anti-anxiety effects of a single medication might not be enough. When monotherapy is insufficient, consider adding this drug to your treatment plan.

With opioids in short supply for use in the veterinary industry, consider some alternative analgesics to treat pain in your veterinary patients.