Antinociceptive and analgesic effect of continuous intravenous infusion of maropitant, lidocaine and ketamine alone or in combination in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.

Janaina Maria Xavier CorrêaRaquel Vieira NiellaJéssica Natália Silva de OliveiraAlex Costa Silva JuniorClaire Souza da Costa MarquesTaísa Miranda PintoElisângela Barboza da SilvaSuzane Lilian BeierFabiana Lessa SilvaMário Sérgio Lima de Lavor

Published in: Acta veterinaria Scandinavica (2021)

Continuous intravenous infusion of maropitant, lidocaine, and ketamine alone induces postoperative analgesic effect in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy, but combinations of these drugs did not increase the analgesic effect. No adverse effect was observed with any drug or their combination.

Keyphrases

anti inflammatory
neuropathic pain
low dose
high dose
patients undergoing
emergency department
drug induced
spinal cord
chronic pain