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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