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The Prescription and Use of Opioids in Small Animal Patients
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Lecture Objective: This lecture will begin with definitions related to opioid use in veterinary patients including what drugs constitute agonists, antagonists; opioid indications and contraindications; how receptors and receptor subtypes translate into physiologic and pharmacologic effects; how opioids are used in premedications, local blocks, postop and intensive care continuous rate infusions and even home chronic care. Since a major goal of the lecture is instructing veterinarians and vet techs on appropriate opioid use and overall refined opioid use in their patient populations, legal issues around opioid use and prescription as well as the definition of diversion/opioid misuse will be covered in detail as it pertains to recent opiate legislation. Alternatives to opioids within the various contexts of a small animal in hospital and out of hospital use will also be presented.
Speaker: Andrea Looney, DVM, DACVAA, CCRP, DACVSMR
Dr. Looney graduated from Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1989. She spent a year in private practice, then returned to Cornell’s small animal hospital for an instructorship in Community Medicine and Anesthesiology. In 1997 she completed a Residency in Anesthesiology and became boarded in Anesthesiology in 2001. Post residency, Dr. Looney held positions with Angell/MSPCA Animal Medical Center in Boston and Springfield, MA in Intensive Care, Anesthesiology and General Medicine, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment and Specialties as Hospital Director and Assistant Clinical Professor, and most recently Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine where she spearheaded the Pain Management and Rehabilitation Service for both large and small animals. Dr. Looney joined the IVG network of hospitals in 2014 to develop and expand anesthesia services at all of the hospitals in our network. Her special interests include interventional pain management, rehabilitation, palliative care, postoperative care and anesthesiology.