What is tiletamine-zolazepam used for?

Tiletamine-zolazepam can be administered for sedation or anesthesia of short-to-moderate duration or for induction before gaseous anesthesia. Separately tiletamine and zolazepam do not have ideal sedative or anesthetic properties but together they produce dissociative anesthesia, muscle relaxation and some analgesia.

Is tiletamine-zolazepam a dissociative drug?

ACTIONS: Tiletamine-Zolazepam is a rapid-acting anesthetic combination of tiletamine hydrochloride and zolazepam hydrochloride. Tiletamine hydrochloride is a dissociative anesthetic agent whose pharmacologic action is characterized by profound analgesia, normal pharyngeal-laryngeal reflexes and cataleptoid anesthesia.

What type of drug is tiletamine?

This drug is a dissociative anesthetic agent that falls under the drug category of NMDA receptor antagonists. Tiletamine is chemically similar to another dissociative anesthetic, ketamine.

Is zolazepam a benzodiazepine?

Anesthetic agents Tiletamine HCl belongs to the cyclohexamine group of dissociative agents and zolazepam is a benzodiazepine related to diazepam and midazolam.

What kind of drug is zolazepam?

Zolazepam is a pyrazolodiazepinone derivative used as an anaesthetic in veterinary medicine. Zolazepam is typically used in combination with the NMDA antagonist tiletamine or the α2 adrenoceptor agonist xylazine.

What class of drug is zolazepam?

benzodiazepine
Tiletamine HCl belongs to the cyclohexamine group of dissociative agents and zolazepam is a benzodiazepine related to diazepam and midazolam. The combination is manufactured as a lyophilized powder that can be added to water, saline or 5% dextrose for reconstitution.

Is tiletamine a benzodiazepine?

Tiletamine HCl belongs to the cyclohexamine group of dissociative agents and zolazepam is a benzodiazepine related to diazepam and midazolam. The combination is manufactured as a lyophilized powder that can be added to water, saline or 5% dextrose for reconstitution.

Do people abuse Telazol?

Telazol, like ketamine, can be abused, especially by those with easy access to veterinary medications.

Does tiletamine provide analgesia?

Tiletamine-zolazepam (TZ) and an alpha2 agonist This combination may be used for induction, and the effects of the combination resemble the effects of the combination of ketamine and diazepam/midazolam in that it provides analgesia (when used with an alpha2 agonist) and muscle relaxation.

What kind of drug is Telazol?

injectable anesthetic agent
A: TELAZOL (tiletamine and zolazepam for injection) is a nonnarcotic, nonbarbiturate, injectable anesthetic agent for dogs and cats.