Oct. 28, 2026
424 - Does Maropitant Really Reduce Surgical Pain?
Stephen Niño Cital, RVT, SRA, RLAT, CVPP, VTS-LAM (Research Anesthesia), joins me to ask a question that might sting a little: are we giving maropitant to our spay patients and calling it pain control? Stephen explains why MAC sparing is not the same as true analgesia, why nausea makes pain worse (and quietly throws off our pain scores), and why maropitant still belongs in every anesthetic protocol, just not for the reason many of us think. You'll walk away better at reading veterinary research and with a stronger plan for surgical pain management. Gang, let's get into this episode.