What pain medications will my dog receive before, during, and after the anesthetic procedure?

What we call our pre-medication has pain management in it. By doing that ahead of time, you are already calming your pet and giving that pain medicine before the pain stimulus happens. If you've ever heard of windup pain, if you don't control the pain before it happens, then it takes a lot more pain medication to help them after it happens. Then during the procedure, they would have either injectable or inhalant anesthesia that would help control pain. Then afterward, they go home on pain medication as well.

The type of pain medication really depends on the type of procedure we're doing. The most common would be an anti-inflammatory. Some common examples would be Carprofen, and Meloxicam. Other pain medications that we use would be opioids like Hydromorphone, Torbugesic, Buprenorphine. We can also prescribe Tylenol with codeine for your dog, especially if they've had some major oral surgeries or they've had a real painful bone procedure. We also use local nerve blocks, for example, Lidocaine to numb the surgical sites.