Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsFlupirtine: A Human Drug with Potential for Use in the Veterinary FieldMario Giorgi, Helen OwenFlupirtine is a nonopioid drug without antipyretic or antiphlogistic properties and with a favorable tolerability in humans. It constitutes a unique class within the group of nonsteroidal analgesics and displays a peculiar pharmacokinetic/dynamic profile that could have large potentialities of applications in the veterinary field. This review describes and evaluates the pharmacologic literature concerning flupirtine and addresses its potential in … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 1 Jan 2013 · 7,327 accessesView PDFCite