Drug Of Choice Flashcards
Anticoagulant in pregnant animals
Heparin
Central Diabetes Insipidus when ADH is absent
Desmopressin
Acute Thromboembolism
Heparin
Inflammatory bowel disease
Sulfasalazine
Colic in horses
Flunixin
Specific antidote for heparin
Protamine sulfate
Treatment of hemorrhage due to hyperfibrinolysis (thrombolytic agents)
Aminocaproic acid
Treatment of degenerative myelopathy in German Shepherds
Aminocaproic acid
Used to control bleeding in dogs with vWD
Desmopressin
Specific antidote for warfarin
Vitamin K1
Nephrogenic diabetes
Thiazide diuretics
Which diuretics retain Ca in the body and can cause hypercalcemia?
Thiazide
Which diuretics can be used in patients with renal failure?
Loop diuretics
Used in diagnosis of diabetes insipidus
Natural ADH in lactated ringers or 5% dextrose
Incomplete AV block or sinus bradycardia
Atropine
Control ventricular tachycardia due to digitalis in dogs
Lidocaine
Positive inotropes used in emergency treatment of heart disease
- Dopamine
- Dobutamine
Atrial fibrillation in horses
Quinidine
Treating tachycardia in cats
Beta blockers
Treat tachycardia/hypertension in cats due to hyperthyroidism
Beta blockers
Only used to treat supraventricular tachyarrhythmias
Ca+ channel blockers
IV DOC for ventricular arrhythmias due to general anesthetics, surgery, ischemia and trauma
Lidocaine
Control hypertension in dogs
ACE inhibitors
First line antihypertensive in cats
Amlodipine
Used to treat hypertension in cats caused by hyperthyroidism
Beta blockers
Treat myocardial hypertrophy in cats
Diltiazem
Pheochromocytoma-induced hypertension
Phenoxybenzamine
Drugs acting on the CV that are better for treatment of angina
CCB - cause coronary vasodilation (Beta blockers don’t)
Treat hypothyroidism
T4 - Levothyroxine
Antithyroid
Methimazole
Route of choice for Desmopressin
Nasal drops instilled in the conjunctival sac
What appetite stimulant works by blocking serotonin and H1 receptors and is only effective in CATS?
Cyproheptadine