Description

torbugesic injection

Description

TORBUGESIC is for the relief of pain associated with colic in mature horses and yearlings. It may be employed to relieve abdominal pain related to torsion, impaction, intussusception, spasmodic and tympanic colic and back pain.

Included in this trusted equine sedation and pain portfolio out of Zoetis, TORBUGESIC is a secure, easy method for equine abdominal pain relief. Analgesic effects are observed within 15 minutes after injection and persist for about four hours.

TORBUGESIC is for the relief of pain associated with colic in mature horses and yearlings. It may be employed to relieve abdominal pain related to torsion, impaction, intussusception, spasmodic and tympanic colic and back pain.

Included in this trusted equine sedation and pain portfolio out of Zoetis, TORBUGESIC is a secure, easy method for equine abdominal pain relief. Analgesic effects are observed within 15 minutes after injection and persist for about four hours.

Crucial Benefits of torbugesic injection

aids in the relief of pain associated with equine colic.
Preclinical version studies and clinical field trials in horses show analgesic effects are observed within 15 minutes after injection and persist for about four hours.

Original synthetic, centrally acting, narcotic agonist-antagonist analgesic with powerful antitussive action.

Butorphanol was shown to function as four occasions stronger than morphine.
Unlike classic narcotic agonist analgesics — that are related to declines in blood pressure, decrease in heart rate and concomitant release of histamine — butorphanol doesn’t induce histamine release. torbugesic injection torbugesic injection

The side effects of butorphanol aren’t clearly dosage-related but achieve a ceiling impact beyond which additional dose increases leading to comparatively lesser side effects.
That is equal to 0.1 mg of butorphanol each kilogram of body weight (0.05 mg/lb.).
The dosage can be repeated within a few hours but therapy shouldn’t exceed 48 hours.
Utilize TORBUGESIC with care with other analgesic or sedative drugs since these will probably produce effects that are additive. Don’t use in horses meant for human ingestion. See complete Prescribing Information.