Specifications
- Ø:2.54 cm (1")
- Description:Gabapentin (45 mg/tablet) bacon flavor
- Height:0.64 cm (¼")
- Size:5 g tablet
- Environmentally Preferable:
- Cat. No.:76419-516
- Packaging:100/bottle
Specifications
About this item
Gabapentin is typically used as an antileptic drug, but more recently has been studied for its analgesic potential in neuropathic pain models and for surgical inflammatory pain.
- Highly palatable, nutritionally complete, grain-based, bacon flavored tablets
- Easy to administer: Place on cage floor for easy access
- Each 5 gram bacon-flavored tablet contains: 45 mg Gabapentin
- Rat average daily dose: One 5 gram tablet/rat per day provides daily medication needs and is a dietary supplement to standard feed
- Introduction of placebo or MD tablet 1 to 2 days prior to surgery will decrease novelty and increase acceptance
- More convenient dosing method and minimizes risk of dehydration compared to using medicated water
- Safe alternative to traditional dosing methods
- Cold tableting process eliminates drug degradation
- Can be customized to meet specific dosage requirements
- Nutritionally assayed
Gabapentin has been shown to be an effective anti-inflammatory drug used in a variety of species including rodents. Gabapentin MD's are highly palatable and encourage appetite post-operatively promoting a more rapid recovery versus other conventional methods.
They are an ideal pain-free alternative to stressful and injurious post-operative injections. Gabapentin MD's can be customized to include other medications to deliver both medications easily and affordably.
Shelf life: Six months, cool dry storage. Gamma irradiation is available upon request.
Ingredients: Ground corn, banana flakes, dehulled soybean meal, corn gluten meal, ground wheat, corn gluten feed, fish meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal, casein, dried whey, sucrose, fructose, dextrose, dried beet pulp, soybean oil, porcine animal fat (preserved with bha), dried brewers yeast, mineral mix, vitamin mix, magnesium stearate, calcium silicate, bacon flavor, dl-methionine, choline chloride, sodium propionate, ascorbic acid, kaolin