Here on the NAVAS podcast, we are recognizing and honoring September as Animal Pain Awareness Month by giving our listeners a small taste of a larger episode on pain assessment that will come out later this month with Dr. Tammy Grubb. As a board-certified veterinary anesthesiologist who is an expert in companion animal pain management and an intense fan of local anesthetic agents, Dr. Grubb provides her incite and expertise on the groundbreaking drug, Nocita. Together with host, Dr. Bonnie Gatson, they will dive into Nocita’s mechanism of action, address safety concerns, discuss its use in various clinical circumstances, and touch on some of the controversies of its use as part of an analgesic plan. We hope you have 15 minutes to spare to learn how to incorporate Nocita into your daily anesthetic practice.

Learn more about Nocita.

Learn more about Animal Pain Awareness Month. 

We invite our listeners to check out articles mentioned in today’s episode, including this manuscript comparing the use of Nocita to bupivacaine for dental blocks and a two-part review article authored by Dr. Grubb about the use of local anesthetics in dogs and cats.
Part 1 and Part 2

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