The future of pain management in companion animals
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We are in exciting times with respect to pain control in companion animals. There is a lot of work going on to develop improved and novel therapeutics. Additionally, this work is creating more knowledge about how to measure pain, which, in turn, is allowing us to better understand what therapies are effective in controlling pain. This lecture will focus on giving delegates an overview of 3 new drugs that are approved and available in some parts of the world, or in the late stages of development. These notes will focus on the monoclonal antibodies, but readers are also referred to information on the Piprants (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27075237) and also on long-acting (72 hour duration) local anesthetics (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vms3.43/full).
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