Sentences with phrase «narcotic pain relievers»

But a study by a team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center shows that pregnant women are commonly being prescribed opioids — narcotic pain relievers such as hydrocodone — which results in an increased likelihood of NAS.

Prior to any surgery, all our feline patients are pre-medicated with a gentle combination of narcotic pain relievers, muscle relaxants and sedatives.

Dr. Sachs: Caution is advised for nursing women using narcotic pain relievers because of the potential for adverse effects in nursing infants, and some are not recommended at all for use in nursing women because they are concentrated in breast milk.

«Babies exposed to narcotic pain relievers more likely to experience withdrawal.»

Narcotic pain relievers provide excellent analgesia and can be safely given to cats with cardiovascular disease.

Narcotic pain relievers for severe pain, such as morphine, codeine, and Demerol, are available only by prescription.

Potent pain medication is needed, such as injectable buprenorphine or other narcotic pain relievers.

It is possible to combine narcotic pain relievers, such as butorphenol (Torbugesic SA, Rx) or hydrocodone (Hycodan Rx) with an NSAID, to get more pain relief.

Neonatal abstinence syndrome has been linked to both illicit drug use as well as use of prescription opioids — narcotic pain relievers such as hydrocodone — by pregnant women.

Combining morphine, a narcotic pain reliever, and nortriptyline, an antidepressant, has been found to successfully relieve chronic neuropathic pain — or a localized sensation of pain due to abnormal function of the nervous system — in 87 per cent of patients, and significantly better than with either drug alone.

It's important to realize that narcotic pain relievers and anti-anxiety drugs or sedatives can cause a dangerous enhancement of a sleeping pill's sedative effects.

In cats and people, this medication is split in the body into two active metabolites: a narcotic pain reliever and an anxiety relief medication.

Other drugs include: glipizide, a treatment for diabetic cats; the benzodiazepine tranquilizers, such as diazepam and alprazolam; anti-anxiety medications buspirone and clomipramine; fentanyl, a narcotic pain reliever; and cyclophosphamide, a chemotherapy agent.

Whenever possible, we use a combination of local anesthetics, NSAIDs (non-steroid anti-inflammatory medications), and narcotic pain relievers.

After the surgery I put dogs on meperidine (Demerol), a narcotic pain reliever, for several days.

Before giving metoclopramide, tell your veterinarian if your pet is being given an MAOI such as selegiline or Anipryl (within the last 14 days), digoxin, cyclosporine, tetracycline, insulin, a narcotic pain reliever or anticholinergic or antispasmodic medications such as Bentyl (dicyclomine).

In dogs, the narcotic pain reliever is not created when tramadol is split and there is some controversy regarding whether the canine split products produce acceptable pain relief.

Other drugs include: glipizide (a treatment for diabetic cats), the benzodiazepine tranquilizers (such as diazepam and alprazolam), buspirone and clomipramine (anti-anxiety medications), fentanyl (a narcotic pain reliever), and cyclophosphamide (an agent of chemotherapy).

In cats (and people), this medication is split in the body into two active metabolites: a narcotic pain reliever and an anxiety relief medication.

Pain management has grown in the past several years to incorporate more than just non-steroidal and narcotic pain relievers.