Atropine and glycopyrrolate are examples of what specific drug class?
Cholinergic blocking agents
T/F Neurotransmitters cannot be mimicked or blocked by the use of appropriate drugs.
False
T/F Acepromazine maleate is a phenothiazine derivative.
True
The type of drug that would be most helpful for a patient with a productive cough is?
Expectorant
Isoflurane, Sevoflurane and Nitrous Oxide are all examples of?
Inhalant Anesthesia Agents
Valium (diazepam), Xanax (alprazolam), Elavil (amitriptyline), Clomipramine (clomicalm) are all used to treat animals with?
behavioral problems
Epinephrine (adrenaline) is responsible for all of the following except?
communicates with the stem cells in the bone marrow
Puppies born via cesarean section that are not breathing well may benefit from ________________ drops administered sublingually?
Doxapram
An ususual use for Mucomyst, a mucolytic drug, is?
treatment of acetaminophen toxicity in cats
Opioid drugs are generally used because?
They provide analgesia and sedation
When drugs are aerosolized (liquid medications are converted into a spray) and delivered directly into the respiratory tract by inhalation, this is called?
Nebulization
These decrease the viscosity of secretions?
Mucolytics
You are asked to give 0.5 g of a drug intramuscularly to a 25lb dog. The drug is available in 250mg/ml concentration. How much will you administer?
2ml
How many mg of a drug are in 1.7 ml of a 15mg/ml solution?
25.5 mg
If an injectable drug has a concentration of 16 mg/ml how would you express this as a percentage concentration?
1.6%
Pilocarpine
treats glaucoma
Analgesia
a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness
Phenobarbital
Anticonvulsant
Prednisone
allergies
Acetylcystine
treat acetaminophen toxicity in pets