Analgesics and Anaesthetics Flashcards
Meloxicam
NSAID - used in small mammals, cattle and pigs
Dexsamethasone
Steroid
Morphine
Opioids
Medetamidine
A2- agonist, cattle are sensitive
Bupivocaine
Local Anaesthetic
Lindocaine
Local Anaesthetic, used systemically as a central modulator of pain
Ketamine
NDMA antagonist
Analgesic at low doses and anaesthetic at high
Dissociative anaesthetic - doesn’t cause muscle relaxation, and all reflexes maintained, causes apneustic respiration
Gabapentine
Voltage gated Ca2+ channel blocker, anti-epileptic, used for central modulation of pain
Carprofen
NSAID - used in small mammals, cattle and horses
Finocoxib
NSAID - used in small mammals
Finadyne
NSAID - used in horses, pigs and cattle
Pheynlbutazone
NSAID - used in horses
Ketoprofen
NSAID - used in pigs
Methadone
Full opioid agonist, acts of Gi to hyperpolarise cell, injection, also acts to inhibit NDMA receptors
Fentanyl
Full opioid Mu receptor agonist, acts on Gi to hyperpolarise cell, transdermal and injection