What can I take for my tremors?
These anticonvulsant drugs can also be used to stimulate the appetite.
What are benzodiazepines?
Mrs. Smith's Pomeranian Pumpleton has severe separation anxiety and has obsessively licked his front paws forming a granuloma. When the doctor suggested prescribing a tricyclic antidepressant to help him cope Mrs. Smith is thrilled with the idea that there may be medications that can "cure" him of this. What must she be made to understand about these drugs before starting Pumpleton on one?
While these drugs do help manage these undesirable behaviors, they may not completely resolve the issues.
This marketed drug is actually a combination of tiletamine and zolazepam.
What is telazol?
Buttercup has been given an opioid pain medication following an orthopedic surgery and now her GI tract is not moving well. What parasympathomimetic agent that promotes gastric emptying and stimulates GI motility could her doctor add to her fluids to help increase gut motility?
What is metoclopramide?
This drug is an opioid analgesic with a short half-life. It is often used in CRIs or with transdermal patches.
What is fentanyl?
A hospitalized animal starts seizing. What drug will the technician most likely give to stop the seizure?
What is diazepam?
Selegiline (an MAO-I) is used to treat dementia in older dogs. It must not be used in combination with other behavioral modifying drugs because it may cause this.
What is serotonin syndrome?
Neuroleptanalgesia is a combination of drugs in these two classes.
What is opioids and tranquilizers?
This anticholinergic agent can be used to dilate the pupils, treat organophosphate poisoning, or as a preanesthetic to dry secretions and prevent bradycardia.
What is atropine?
This naturally occurring opioid mu agonist is the standard opioid with which all others are compared in terms of analgesic effect.
What is morphine?
Rufus the boxer has idiopathic epilepsy and has been on this most commonly used anticonvulsant for several years.
What is phenobarbital?
Babs is a 3 year old feline DSH who has been displaying signs of anxiety by excessive grooming, vocalizing, and urinating on her owner's bed. Dr. Niles may prescribe what oral behavior modifying drug?
What is amitriptyline?
In equine anesthesia, it is common to use a combination of these three medications. It is often referred to as a "triple drip."
What is guafenesin, ketamine, and xylazine
What is adrenergic or sympathomimetic?
The ____________ nervous system innervates the skeletal muscle so is referred to as voluntary, while the ______________ nervous system innervates the cardiac muscles, glands, and smooth muscle so is referred to as involuntary.
Somatic is voluntary
autonomic is involuntary
Little Bit the giant schnauzer has been recently diagnosed with a seizure disorder. Her veterinary team is having a hard time controlling break through seizures on phenobarbital alone, and she is now on the highest safe dose for her size. What two medications could her veterinarian consider as an adjunct for refractory canine epilepsy?
What are levetiracetam or zonisamide?
This drug is commonly used as an adjunct anticonvulsant, to help manage chronic pain or anxiety in canines, and as a mild sedation for fractious cats.
What is gabapentin?
This is good example of a well rounded multimodal premedication protocol for a healthy patient. It includes three drugs from three different classes.
the opioid buprenorphine
the tranquilizer acepromazine
the anticholinergic atropine
This adrenergic alpha blocker causes vasodilation and is used as a sedative, tranquilizer, and preanesthetic adjunct.
What is acepromazine?
This dissociative drug causes increased muscle rigidity, hallucinations in people, and preserves reflexes during anesthesia, but is a poor choice for analgesia.
What is ketamine?
This agent is used for euthanasia when given as an overdose but can also be used to control seizures.
What is pentobarbital?
This drug is a serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor used to manage short term anxiety (such as storm anxiety) or to keep dogs calm after orthopedic surgeries. It should also never be given with a tricyclic antidepressant due to the potential for serotonin syndrome.
What is trazodone?
Xylazine (a tranquilizer) and butorphanol (an opioid) given together is an example of this.
What is a neuroleptanalgesic?
Drugs ending in -olol are adrenergic ________ blockers and used to glaucoma, arrhythmias, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
What is beta?
Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter for the _______________ nervous system
What is parasympathetic?