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Sci."],"abstract":"\n Introduction<\/jats:title>\n Opiranserin, a non-opioid analgesic acting as a glycine transporter 2 inhibitor and 5-HT2A receptor antagonist, was evaluated for reducing intraoperative rescue analgesia and postoperative pain in dogs undergoing castration under isoflurane anesthesia.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n \n Eight healthy male Beagle dogs were randomized to receive a continuous rate infusion of opiranserin (5 mg\u00b7kg\n \u22121<\/jats:sup>\n \u00b7h\n \u22121<\/jats:sup>\n for 1 h before induction, then 0.33 mg\u00b7kg\n \u22121<\/jats:sup>\n \u00b7h\n \u22121<\/jats:sup>\n for 9 h;\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 4) or 0.9% saline (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 4). Anesthesia was induced with alfaxalone and maintained with isoflurane (1.5% end-tidal); all dogs received meloxicam and cefazolin preoperatively, without locoregional analgesia. Hemodynamic responses (\u0394MAP, \u0394HR) were recorded across 11 surgical events; rescue remifentanil was given when both increased \u226520% from baseline. Postoperative pain was scored with the Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale\u2013Short Form (GCMPS-SF) from 30 min after extubation (T0) through T7, with rescue analgesia at scores \u22655. Primary outcomes were intraoperative rescue analgesia frequency and postoperative GCMPS-SF scores; secondary outcomes were intraoperative hemodynamic responses, postoperative rescue consumption, and adverse effects. Data were analyzed with Mann\u2013Whitney\n U<\/jats:italic>\n tests and linear mixed models with Bonferroni-adjusted comparisons.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The opiranserin group required fewer intraoperative rescue interventions than the normal saline group (median 2 [2\u20132] vs. 6.5 [3\u20139];\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.021). GCMPS-SF scores showed significant effects of group (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.030), time (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.047), and group \u00d7 time interaction (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.034), with lower scores in the opiranserin group at T1 (adjusted\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.012) but not at other time points. Among secondary outcomes, significant overall effects of group were found for \u0394MAP (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.011) and \u0394HR (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.048), and of surgical event for both (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n &lt; 0.001 and\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.008), with no group \u00d7 event interaction; no individual event differed significantly after correction. Cumulative postoperative rescue analgesic consumption and the incidence of adverse effects did not differ between groups.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n These preliminary findings suggest that opiranserin may reduce intraoperative rescue analgesia requirements and attenuate postoperative pain in dogs, warranting confirmation in larger trials. 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