A primed
constant intravenous infusion (prime: 2 µmol · kg − 1; infusion 0.05 µmol · kg − 1 min − 1) of L -[ring - 13C6] phenylalanine (Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Woburn, MA, USA) was then administered to the contralateral arm for the duration of the experiment.
We have always felt as though we were doing the best we could for our patients, pain medication prior to the procedure, freezing each paw first, three days of post-surgical of pain medication delivered as a
constant rate
intravenous infusion and a week of pain medication at home.