Chapter 12: Medications

Question 1

What class of drugs is used to treat pinworms, heart worms, and tapeworms?

Answer 1

Anthelmintics

Question 2

What type of drugs combat infections caused by bacteria

Answer 2

Antibiotics

Question 3

What type of drugs used to calm and sedate

Answer 3

Tranquilizers

Question 4

What type of drugs kill parasites living in or on an animal

Answer 4

Parasiticides

Question 5

What type of drugs used to reduce swelling, redness, and pain

Answer 5

Anti-inflammatory drugs

Question 6

What type of drugs are pain relievers

Answer 6

Analgesics

Question 7

What type of drugs cause a loss of feeling or awareness of any senses or pain

Answer 7

Anesthetics

Question 8

What is one difference between general anesthetics and local anesthetics

Answer 8

General affects the entire nervous system and local affects a small area

Question 9

What is one similarity of general anesthetics and local anesthetics

Answer 9

Both eliminate the sensation of pain

Question 10

Enrofloxacin, doxycycline, and erythromycin are _____ drugs.

Answer 10

Antibiotic

Question 11

What term refers to administering a drug directly into the gastrointestinal tract either orally or rectally?

Answer 11

Enteral administration

Question 12

What route of drug administration is delivered as a vapor or an aerosol

Answer 12

Inhalation

Question 13

What route of drug administration is applied directly to the body surface

Answer 13

Topical

Question 14

What route of drug administration is delivered directly to the gastrointestinal tract

Answer 14

Enteral

Question 15

What route of drug administration is delivered into the body by means other than through The gastrointestinal system

Answer 15

Parenteral

Question 16

What drug formulation is used for enteral administration when the animal is prone to vomiting?

Answer 16

Suppository

Question 17

When documenting the administration of a drug in an animal’s medical record, list three things that should be included in the documentation

Answer 17

1- date
2- time
3- initials

Question 18

True or False

Documentation of drug administration in a medical record can be made in pen or pencil

Answer 18

False

Question 19

What schedule drug has the most potential for human addiction

Answer 19

Schedule I

Question 20

What government entity regulates the manufacture, possession, and use of controlled substances?

Answer 20

Drug enforcement agency

Question 21

Penicillin can be fatal to which species?

Answer 21

Guinea pigs

Question 22

If an expiration date on a drug label says “September 2018,” that drug may no longer be used after what date?

Answer 22

September 30, 2018

Question 23

How must controlled substances be stored?

Answer 23

In a locked cabinet within a locked room