1. Pharmacology Basics
Chapters 1 & 2

2. CH 1 Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutic Applications

3. What role does an LVT play in pharmacology?
Recognizes __________________ (allergic and anaphylactic) and side effects to medications
Monitors ___________________ and recovers patients
Monitors ____________________ patients’ response to medications
____________________ medications as prescribed
_____________ medications to clients, ___________________ how to administer, ______________ their questions
_______________________ why patients are on certain medications
Fill drug _____________ and correctly write drug ___________
Properly _______________ administered medication
Correctly _________________ drug doses

4. Important points to remember
All drugs are potentially ________________.
Drug safety may depend on its ____________ of administration.
Many medications are ____________-specific.
Be cautious of getting too __________________ with medications.
The published ___________________ does not always produce a safe dose.
When you begin to administer the same medications routinely, inappropriate dose calculations should “feel wrong”.

5. What’s in a name? Benadryl TRADE NAME
Also called the _________________ name
Written in capital letters or begins with a capital letter
Considered a proper noun
May only be used by the company that registered the drug
Registered by the U.S. Patent Office (approved by the USDA)
May have _____ or _____ next to the name to imply that the product is registered
Benadryl

6. What’s in a name? GENERIC NAME
Also called the ____________________ name
Written in ___________ case
Official identifying name of the drug
Describes the active drug(s) in the product
Easier to pronounce than the chemical name
diphenhydramine hydrochloride

7. What’s in a name?
CHEMICAL NAME
Describes the chemical structure of the drug (structure is sometimes seen on package inserts)
Long, wordy, hard to say
Rarely used when describing medications
2(Diphenylmethoxy)-N,N-dimethylethylamine hydrochloride

8. Dose vs Dosage
_______________= determination of the amount of drug to be given. Requires calculation.
15 mg/kg, 10 g/lb
_______________= amount of drug administered to a patient at one time. Stated in units of mass (mg, g, gr, etc. ), NOT tablets or milliliters.
50 mg

9. Dosage forms- oral solids
_______________ – powdered drug compressed into disk
Molded: chewable, mixed with a sugar and flavored
Enteric-coated: have coating that protects the drug against the acidity of the stomach; allows it to remain intact until the small intestines.
_______________– powdered drug compressed into capsule-shaped tablet
___________(aka CAPSULE)- container made of gelatin that house a powder or liquid.
______________ (aka lozenge) – powdered drug in a hard, candy-like tablet that is kept in the mouth and slowly dissolved
____________________– medication placed in the rectum where it is dissolved and absorbed
_______________- large rectangular tablets given to large animals with a balling gun

10. Dosage forms- oral liquids
________________- drug is completely dissolved in a liquid and does not settle out or precipitate when left standing
Syrup: drug is dissolved in sugar water
Elixir: drug is dissolved in alcohol and flavored
________________- drug that does not dissolve within liquid, but settles at the bottom of a container. Needs to be shaken to evenly resuspend.
Emulsion: drug is mixed with a liquid fat or an oil
______________- semisolid that keeps its form at body temperature