Changing the Culture of Local Anesthetics in Veterinary Medicine

Mark Epstein, DVM, DABVP (Canine/Feline), CVPP, medical director of TotalBond Veterinary Hospitals and Carolinas Animal Pain Management in Gastonia, North Carolina, explains that changing the culture and awareness of local anesthetics in veterinary medicine will come through several different avenues.

Awareness of the importance of local anesthetics will spread as more and more veterinarians on the speaking circuit promote their use and merit in veterinary practice. Awareness will also spread as more and more data become available proving that anesthetics benefit the veterinary patient.