Systemic & Specialty Drugs
This thyroid drug is used to treat hypothyroidism in dogs.
What is L-thyroxine (levothyroxine)?
This is the reversal for the alpha-2 agonist xylazine.
What is yohimbine?
This Schedule II opioid is commonly used for severe pain but can cause vomiting in cats (“_____ mania”).
What is morphine?
This antibiotic is associated with esophageal strictures in cats if not followed by water. It is also used to kill symbiotic Wolbachia in patients with heartworm disease.
What is doxycycline?
The formula used to dilute a concentrated solution to a desired concentration is represented as this equation.
What is C1V1 = C2V2?
This drug is the only type of insulin that can be given IV.
What is regular insulin?
Name the three main types of pain.
What are somatic, visceral, and neuropathic?
Diazepam is reversed with this drug.
What is flumazenil?
These two classes of antimicrobials work by inhibiting cell wall synthesis.
What are penicillins and cephalosporins?
Calculate: A 20 kg dog requires fluids at 50 mL/kg/day. How many mL per day will it receive?
What is 1000 mL/day?
Theophylline and aminophylline are (blank) bronchodilators used on the long-term management of chronic respiratory disease in dogs and cats.
What is methylxanthine?
This white IV induction drug has no analgesic properties and must be given slowly due to respiratory depression.
What is propofol?
Phenobarbital requires monitoring of this organ due to risk of toxicity.
Liver
Pyrantel pamoate treats these two broad categories of endoparasites.
What are nematodes and trematodes?
This is the formula for calculating the amount of fluid needed to replace a fluid deficit in a dehydrated patient.
What is % dehydration x BW in kg x 1000?
This positive inotrope is also a vasodilator and is used to treat congestive heart failure in dogs.
What is pimobendan?
A liquid that rapidly converts to a gas is said to have a high (blank).
What is vapor pressure?
This drug is a serotonin antagonist/reuptake inhibitor often used for anxiety or phobias in dogs.
What is trazodone?
This class of antimicrobials is preferred for treating rickettsial, spirochete, Chlamydia, and Mycoplasma infections.
What are tetracyclines?
This type of fluid pulls water into the vasculature by osmosis and is useful in shock resuscitation.
What are colloids?
What is proton-pump inhibition that reduces the production of stomach acid?
Butorphanol is both an opioid agonist and antagonist. Which receptor is it an agonist at, and which is it an antagonist at?
What is kappa agonist, mu antagonist?
Selegiline (Anipryl) is an MAOI used to treat these two conditions in dogs.
What are Cushing’s disease and canine cognitive dysfunction?
Two types of these drugs work slightly differently, but ultimately prevent flea larva from maturing into adults and reproducing.
What are insect growth regulators?
This fluid additive is dosed in milliequivalents (mEq/mL) and can cause cardiac arrest if administered too quickly (i.e., in an IV fluid bolus)
What is potassium chloride (KCl)?