Another significant focus has been on the use of premedication to enhance the safety and efficacy of anesthesia. A study involving C57BL/6J mice demonstrated that premedication with xylazine ...

The primary outcome was the reduction in preoperative anxiety associated with anesthesia ... and the need for anxiolytic premedication. The lack of an active control group may have affected ...

Appropriate anesthesia and analgesia should be considered; various protocols can be found in the literature. Premedication with butorphanol (0.2 mg per kg body weight administered intramuscularly ...

Individualize. Premedication: 50–100mcg (1–2mL) by IM inj 30–60 mins prior to surgery. Adjunct to general anesthesia (low dose): 2mcg/kg; (moderate dose): 2–20mcg/kg; (high dose): 20 ...