Canine -Pain, Pharmacology and the Prescribing Landscape

Every dog you treat under veterinary referral is, in some sense, also a medicated patient. Yet the medication list rarely makes it into the conversation that shapes a rehabilitation session — what the dog is taking, why it was prescribed, and what that means for what you should expect to see on your table. 1 hour CPD available beginning August Delivered by veterinary surgeon Dr Sara Martindale MRCVS, this lecture builds the clinical literacy therapists need to read a prescription with genuine understanding. It covers the core pharmacological categories used in canine pain management — NSAIDs, gabapentinoids, amantadine, and opioids — alongside the most significant recent shift in veterinary pain management: the arrival of monoclonal antibody therapies and what they mean for the rehabilitation plan when a dog’s pain control changes rapidly and substantially.