Dr. Andy Roark interviews about maropitant (Cerenia) and whether it provides meaningful analgesia in anesthesia and soft tissue surgery. Satalia, who once promoted maropitant for visceral pain based on NK1 antagonist interest and early human data, now cautions that MAC reduction is not proof of analgesia and worries clinicians are using maropitant as a standalone… Read More
Vet Tech Life
The Future of Our Profession
My friend, a practice owner, just lost a veterinary technician. The technician gave her 2-week notice late Friday night by email, so when I spoke to my friend over the weekend, it was still unclear about why she was departing. I see lots of discussion about the problems vet medicine has keeping support staff, and… Read More
Post-Op Pain and Enrichment: Are We Sedating Instead of Treating?
Tabitha Kucera, a veterinary technician boarded in behavior and founder of Chirrups and Chatter (and creator of Small Paws Education), joins Dr. Andy Roark to tackle a common post-op problem: telling clients to “keep them quiet” without explaining what that actually means. They discuss post-surgical enrichment as a way to support comfort, reduce stress, and… Read More
Vets on a Plane!
I am on a commercial flight packed full of veterinarians. It makes sense because I’m flying to a big veterinary conference and planning to arrive right as the program kicks off. It’s not like some Twilight Zone moment where 150 veterinarians all feel mysteriously compelled to board the same flight at the same time (although… Read More
What We Get Wrong in Anesthesia
Dr. Gianluca Bini, DVM, DACVAA, is here to talk about one of the scariest parts of veterinary medicine: anesthesia, and why so many of us may be overcomplicating the wrong things while underestimating the stuff that actually keeps patients safe. Dr. Andy Roark and Luca dive into veterinary anesthesia safety, monitoring, equipment, technician training, and… Read More
Are We Morally Breaking Our Technicians?
Dr. Nathan Peterson, DVM, DACVECC, takes us straight into one of the most uncomfortable questions in veterinary medicine: are we sometimes prolonging suffering, and what does that do to our teams? In this episode, Dr. Andy Roark and Dr. Peterson unpack medical futility, moral distress, and veterinary burnout in a way that feels both honest… Read More