Labels
A drug that does not require a prescription
What is over the counter?
The point at which drug accumulation equals drug elimination
What is steady state?
Reason to use a specific drug
What is an Indication?
The method of drug selection after a diagnosis is made
What is diagnostic?
The abbreviation for Intravenous
What is IV?
A substance that has the potential for abuse or dependence and requires record keeping
What is controlled substance?
What we call monitoring of drug levels in the patient
What is therapeutic drug monitoring?
Activity of a drug once it enters the body
What is Pharmacokinetics?
The method of drug selection that only treats the symptoms when no diagnosis has been made
What is symptomatic?
The abbreviation for by mouth
What is PO? Stands for Per Os
The use of a drug not specified on the label
What is extralabel?
Name one thing that can affect blood concentration of a drug
What is:
-rate of absorption, amount absorbed, metabolism, biotransformation, distribution, excretion??
Circumstance or condition (reason) not to use a drug
What is contraindication?
The method of drug selection that utilizes practical experience and common sense
What is empirical?
IM stands for this
What is intramuscular?
All prescription drugs require the exsistence of this relationship
What is VCPR? (What does it stand for??)
Name one drug that is frequently monitored in our veterinary patients
What is:
-NSAIDs, cardiac drugs, anticonvulsants, and thyroid drugs??
How adverse drug reactions manifest
What is toxicity?
The statement "Caution: Federal law restricts the use of this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian."
What is legend statement?
Give three abbreviations for subcutaneous
What is SC, SQ, subQ?
The name a company gives a drug
What is trade name?
An undesired occurrence that results from taking a medication correctly
What is an adverse event?
Different from side effect which are also undesirable but predictable regardless of the dose
Adverse events require intervention whereas side effects usually go away
Biochemical and physiological effects of a drug
What is pharmacodynamics?
A dosing regimen consists of these four things
What is route, dose, frequency, and duration?
Rank these routes of administration in order of speed of absorption (fastest to slowest): IM, PO, IV, SQ, topically
What is IV, IM, SQ, topically, PO?