Neuropathic Pain in Dogs and Cats: If Only They Could Tell Us If They Hurt

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1365-1414

  Mathews, Karol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Gabapentin; Ketamine; Lidocaine; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DULOXETINE; FENTANYL; FLECAINIDE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LIDODERM PATCH; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEDETOMIDINE; METHADONE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TOCAINIDE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMPUTATION; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; BACKACHE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHRONIC PAIN; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHORIA; ENTERITIS; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; NECK PAIN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURITIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL PAIN; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULITIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 54149113713     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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