Meperidine is still a wonderful pain reliever, but most veterinarians now send the pets home with
fentanyl narcotic patches.
Not exact matches
If the DEA did not harass American veterinarians so much when we prescribed long term, pain relieving
narcotics such as
fentanyl patches, I would suggest you use them before resorting to steroids.
The choice is between injectable
narcotic (buphrenophine, butorphanol, meperidine, etc.) and transdermal
patches (
fentanyl = Duragesic) you can read more about pain control in general here and just in cats here.