Programme
Albufeira, Portugal, April 13-15, 2010
Classic and novel uses of Coxibs in medicine
Tuesday, April 13th
- Osteoarthritis — Chronic pain
- 14:00 - 14:15 Welcome Introduction
- 14:15 - 14:55 Medical management of osteoarthritis in human medicine
- 14:55 - 15:35 Osteoarthritis in the dog – assessment and treatment of the individual
- 15:35 - 16:05 Coffee break
- 16:05 - 16:45 Osteoarthritis in young dogs – more common than you think…
- 16:45 - 17:25 Selective COX-2 inhibitors in humans – a decade of experience
- 17:25 - 17:35 Short Break
- 17:35 - 18:15 Pain management methods for treating osteoarthritis
- 18:15 - 18:45 Merial European Pain Award
- Intrathecal anaesthesia in two dogs undergoing thoracolumbar vertebral fixation
Wednesday, April 14th
- 08:30 - 09:00 Recent data from firocoxib field experience in the US
- 09:00 - 09:30 Firocoxib long term use field trial results
- 09:30 - 10:00 Change your angle of view: the goniometric atlas
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
- Surgery – Acute pain
- 10:30 - 11:10 Multimodal approach to surgical pain in veterinary medicine
- 11:10 - 11:50 Firocoxib and acute pain
- 11:50 - 12:30 Firocoxib use in ophthalmic pain and surgery
- 12:30 - 12:40 Short break
- 12:40 - 13:10 Firocoxib use in dental pain
- 13:10 - 13:40 Use of firocoxib in peri- and postoperative pain management with focus on surgical oncology
- 20:00 - 23:00 Gala dinner
Thursday, April 15th
- Coxib use in Oncology
- 08:30 - 09:00 Cox-2 inhibitors in cancer therapy: patho-physiological backgrounds and review from the human and veterinary experience
- 09:00 - 09:30 Cox inhibitors as a part of cancer treatment in clinical oncology
- 09:30 - 10: Update on the use of Previcox in dogs with mammary cancer
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30 - 11:00 Combination of Cox-2 inhibitors and radiotherapy in treatment of cancers over-expressing Cox-2
- 11:00 - 11:30 Canine malignant melanomas: is there place for using Cox-2 inhibitors?
- 11:30 End of the symposium