Drug Of Choice Flashcards by Jen Whitmore

Anticoagulant in pregnant animals

Heparin

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Central Diabetes Insipidus when ADH is absent

Desmopressin

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Acute Thromboembolism

Heparin

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Inflammatory bowel disease

Sulfasalazine

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Colic in horses

Flunixin

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Specific antidote for heparin

Protamine sulfate

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Treatment of hemorrhage due to hyperfibrinolysis (thrombolytic agents)

Aminocaproic acid

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Treatment of degenerative myelopathy in German Shepherds

Aminocaproic acid

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Used to control bleeding in dogs with vWD

Desmopressin

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Specific antidote for warfarin

Vitamin K1

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Nephrogenic diabetes

Thiazide diuretics

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Which diuretics retain Ca in the body and can cause hypercalcemia?

Thiazide

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Which diuretics can be used in patients with renal failure?

Loop diuretics

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Used in diagnosis of diabetes insipidus

Natural ADH in lactated ringers or 5% dextrose

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Incomplete AV block or sinus bradycardia

Atropine

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Control ventricular tachycardia due to digitalis in dogs

Lidocaine

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Positive inotropes used in emergency treatment of heart disease

Dopamine

- Dobutamine

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Atrial fibrillation in horses

Quinidine

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Treating tachycardia in cats

Beta blockers

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Treat tachycardia/hypertension in cats due to hyperthyroidism

Beta blockers

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Only used to treat supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

Ca+ channel blockers

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IV DOC for ventricular arrhythmias due to general anesthetics, surgery, ischemia and trauma

Lidocaine

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Control hypertension in dogs

ACE inhibitors

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First line antihypertensive in cats

Amlodipine

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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

Most effective emetic in dogs

Apomorphine

Antagonist to apomorphine that can reverse respiratory depression

Naloxone

Used in prevention/treatment of anticancer chemo induced nausea and vomiting

Ondansetron

Used in NSAID induced gastric ulcers

Misoprostol

Most effective prokinetic in horses

IV Lidocaine

Prokinetic effective just in the upper part of the SI (jejunum and ileum)

Metoclopramide

Prokinetic effective throughout the entire GIT

Cisapride

Colitis in dogs

Sulfasalazine

Enemas containing this should not be used in cats.

Phosphate

Used to treat serotonin syndrome in dogs

Cyproheptadine

Serotonin antagonist effective as an appetite stimulant in dos and cats

Mirtazapine

Used to treat equine melanomas

Cimetidine

Rapid IV injection of what H2 antagonist may cause hemolytic anemia in cats?

Famotidine

What drug besides ondansetron can be used to control vomiting due to anticancer drugs?

Maropitant

Used to treat exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage in horses

Furosemide

Expulsion of mummified fetuses or retained placenta

PGF2a

Inducing parturition in mares

Oxytocin

Induce parturition in cows

Dexamethasone

Used to induce ovulation in mares

Deslorelin acetate

Most common fluid used in treatment of hypovolemic shock

Replacement crystalloids

3 types of diuretics used in CHF

- Loop - Thiazide - K+ sparing

Diuretics that can be used to treat hypertension

Thiazides

Diuretics used to treat pulmonary edema

Loop

Diuretics that are NOT effective in renal failure patients

Thiazides

Group of drugs used for hypertension and CHF

ACE inhibitors

Hormone used for behavioral problems and urination in male cats

Progestin

Non-obstructive urinary retention

Bethanecol

Acute glaucoma (open-angle)

Pilocarpine

Non-depolarizing NM blocker OD

Neostigmine

Diagnose Myasthenia Gravis

Pyridiostigmine

Incomplete AV blocks

Atropine

Complete AV blocks

Epinephrine

Hyper-salivation/secretion

Glycopyrrolate

Motion sickness

Scopolamine

Oliguric renal failure

- Dopamine | - Mannitol/Lasix

Urinary incontinence

PPA

Dilation of pupil for glaucoma

Phenylephrine

Asthmatic attack

Albuterol

Muscle relaxant for asthmatic

Pancuronium

Pheochromocytoma

Phenoxybenzamine

Chronic glaucoma

Timolol

Malignant hyperthermia

Dantrolene

Transitional cell carcinoma

Peroxicam

Methemoglobinemia (cats)

- Methyl Blue | - Ascorbic acid

Neonatal respiratory depression

Doxapram

Prevent/control seizures

Phenobarbital

Acute status epilepticus

Diazepam

Digitalis-induced ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Phenytoin

Diarrhea

Loperamide