Introduction
The science of drugs and their effects on living systems
What is pharmacology
Administration route going into GI tract
What is enteral
Regulatory body in charge of controlled drugs
What is Drug Enforcement Agency
Ideal range of drug concentration within the body
What is therapeutic range
Longest lasting route of administration
The major source of drugs today
What is synthetic
The accidental route while trying to hit a vein for an injection
What is extravascular
Drugs that are poison to mammal cells and can cause birth defects or cancer
What are cytotoxic drugs
Form of active transport where molecules move in to divot and cell pinches shut
What is pinocytosis
Off patent, generic name of a drug
What is nonproprietary
Amount of drugs given to a patient overall
What is dosage
The route that can have more aqueous solutions injected
What is intramuscular
Method to make a dose or form of drug other than that approved by the FDA
What is compounding drugs
Characteristic of molecules for it to pass through membranes with passive diffusion
What is lipophilic
The categories that controlled substances are broken into
What are schedules
Communication from vet to vet tech
What is drug order
Medication designed to go through skin and to bloodstream
What is transdermal
Allergic reaction causing hair loss with puritis
What is atopic
Effect that limits the drugs that can be used orally or intraperitoneal
What is first pass effect
When too much medication was given to patient by the owner and resulted in an overdose
What is frank overdose
Directions for treatment of an animal written on a prescription bottle
What is sig
Term for blowing powder or aerosol into body cavity
What is insufflation
When a drug or metabolite accumulates in cells/tissues/organs of an animal
What is drug residue
Time that it takes the drug concentration to drop 50%
What is half-life
What is the process of a molecule connecting with another molecule to become more water soluble
What is conjugation