Cat Anesthetic and Analgesic drug dosages
| DOSE | ROUTE | FREQUENCY | REFERENCE | NOTES | |
| PREMEDICATION | |||||
| Atropine | 0.022-0.044 mg/kg | SC, IM | |||
| Glycopyrolate | 0.011 mg/kg | IM, SC | |||
| Acepromazine | 0.05-0.1 mg/kg | SC, IM | as an adjunct to anesthesia | ||
| Diazepam | 0.05 mg/kg | IM, IV | as an adjunct to anesthesia | ||
| ANESTHETICS | |||||
| Ketamine | 10-20 mg/kg | IM | |||
| Ketamine/Xylazine | 22/1 mg/kg | IM | |||
| Ketamine/Medetomidine | 4/0.05 mg/kg | IM | |||
| Telazol | 10-15 mg/kg | IM | 36 | ||
| Propofol | 4-6 mg/kg | IV | 36 | ||
| Isoflurane, Halothane | to effect | inhalation | |||
| OPIOIDS | |||||
| Morphine | 0.1 mg/kg | SC, IM | q. 4-6 hrs | 1a | |
| IV | q. 6-7 hrs | 8 | |||
| Meperidine | 2-10 mg/kg | SC, IM | q. 2 hrs | 1a | |
| Buprenorphine | 0.005-0.01 mg/kg | SC, IM, IV | q. 12 hrs | 16 | |
| Nalbuphine | 0.75-1.5 mg/kg | IV | q. 38 hrs | 16 | optimal dose lasts three hours |
| Butorphanol | 0.4 mg/kg | SC | q. 6 hrs | 1a | |
| 0.1-0.2 mg/kg | IV | 16 | visceral analgesia lasts 300, give or take 22 min | ||
| Oxymorphone | 0.1 mg/kg | IV | q. 24 hrs | 8 | |
| 0.04-0.15 mg/kg | SC, IM, IV | 1a | |||
| 0.2 mg/kg | SC, IM, IV | q. 4-6 hrs | 29 | ||
| 0.01 mg/kg | q. 6 hrs | ||||
| NON-OPIOIDS | |||||
| Medetomidine | 0.05 mg/kg | IM | |||
| Aspirin | 10 mg/kg | PO | q. 48 hrs | 1a, 8 | |
| ANESTHETIC ANTAGONIST | |||||
| Naloxone | 0.015-0.04 mg/kg | SC, IM, IV | reverses opioids | ||
| Nalbuphine | 1.5-3 mg/kg | SC | partial reversal of opioids | ||
| Yohimbine | 0.1-0.15 mg/kg | IV | reverses xylazine |