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nabi
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Jul 10, 2013

Question for Dr Doug

just wondering if you are having any luck getting Ketamine or is Propofol still the only drug available for induction ?
We are still waiting to have Izzys enucleation done but need the ketamine .

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  • Seems to be unavailable to DVM's here ...so they have been using the propofol but Izzy reacted to it and became bradycardic...they had quite a time getting her HR back up...lots of atropine needed...so the poor little poppet was having palpitations well into the night ! And of course the surgery was not completed ! I would like the surgery to be done before we leave, but I'm not holding out much hope !


    PS...what are you using for inductions ?
  • We don't use a lot of ketamine so I have not ordered it in a while. I checked our supplier and they don't list any problems or special allocations. Could be a different thing in Canada??
  • 2oldman wrote:
    You should be able to go downtown and get K right off the street.



    not where I live ;)
  • You should be able to go downtown and get K right off the street.