Pain Is Inevitable, Suffering Is Optional: Managing the Painful Patient Beyond Anti-Inflammatories
with Fred Winninger, VMD MS DACVIM (Neurology)
1 Hour RACE-Approved CE Credit
Pain Is Inevitable, Suffering Is Optional: Managing the Painful Patient Beyond Anti-Inflammatories
This session will explore modern strategies for managing pain in veterinary patients beyond traditional anti-inflammatories. It will review the different types of pain, highlight syndrome-specific approaches, and place special emphasis on neuropathic pain management. Attendees will gain insight into emerging therapies and practical tools to improve comfort and quality of life in their patients.
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What You'll Take Away From This Lecture:
01
Understand Pain Mechanisms
Identify the different types of pain (nociceptive, inflammatory, and neuropathic) and explain their biological functions and relevance in veterinary patients.
02
Explore Pain Management Approaches
Evaluate the limitations and applications of traditional pain treatments, including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and explore newer and emerging therapies for managing chronic and neuropathic pain.
03
Implement Pain Management Strategies
Apply syndrome-specific approaches to pain management, including the use of targeted therapies like nerve growth factor inhibitors, pregabalin, and ketamine, to improve the comfort and quality of life in patients suffering from chronic pain.
Meet Your Teacher
Fred Wininger, VMD MS DACVIM (Neurology)
Dr. Fred Wininger is a board-certified veterinary neurologist and neurosurgeon and the founder of the Animal Neurology Center in St. Louis, a single-specialty hospital built around a modern model that integrates advanced clinical care, education, and innovation. Known for his expertise in diagnostic imaging and surgical treatment of complex neurologic disease, he has a reputation for making the unfamiliar understandable and helping clients and colleagues face frightening, complex conditions with clarity and confidence.
He is deeply committed to education, training veterinary students from multiple universities, founding the novel hybrid neurology residency with the University of Missouri, and creating immersive continuing education experiences for practicing veterinarians at the ANC. Dr. Wininger often says he went into veterinary medicine because he loves animals, but fell in love with the profession because of the people who care for them.
He also advises colleagues building independent practices grounded in integrity and staff fulfillment, while partnering with industry to help bring the next generation of veterinary diagnostic and therapeutics through converting human technologies into clinical practice.