Lab 7 Drugs

Question 1

What are the 2 premed drugs?

Answer 1

Dexmedetomidine
Hydromorphone

Question 2

What kind of drug is Dexmedetomidine?

Answer 2

Alpha-2 agonist
Great sedative

Question 3

Is Dexmedetomidine reversible?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

What does Dexmedetomidine do to the cardiac system?

Answer 4

Causes bradycardia
Pale MM

Question 5

What does Dexmedetomidine do to the respiratory system?

Answer 5

Causes respiratory depression

Question 6

Does Dexmedetomidine increase or decrease blood pressure?

Answer 6

Decrease

Question 7

What kind of drug is hydromorphone?

Answer 7

Opioid
Good analgesic

Question 8

What does hydromorphone do to the system? (HR, RR, etc)

Answer 8

Causes bradycardia, respiratory depression, and post-op hypothermia

Question 9

What do you usually premed with hydromorphone since it causes sometimes issues

Answer 9

Premed with atropine since it causes bradycardia and respiratory depression

Question 10

What can hydromorphone cause?

Answer 10

Occasional excitement

Question 11

What kind of drug is meloxicam?

Answer 11

Cox-2 preferential
NSAID
Pre-emptive analgesic

Question 12

Why do we give meloxicam?

Answer 12

For pain and inflammation

Question 13

What can meloxicam interfere?

Answer 13

Can interfere with bleeding

Question 14

Explain why we use meloxicam for feline neuters if it interferes with bleeding

Answer 14

There is not much bleeding with neuters, but any other procedure, use with caution

Question 15

What is the local anesthetic we are using?

Answer 15

Lidocaine

Question 16

What is the reversal drug we are using?

Answer 16

Atipamazole

Question 17

What is the induction drug we are using?

Answer 17

Isoflurane
To maintain anesthesia

Question 18

What is the emergency drug we are using?

Answer 18

Atropine

Question 19

What kind of drug is atropine?

Answer 19

Anticholinergics

Question 20

What does atropine do to the system?

Answer 20

Causes tachycardia and tachypnea
Dilates pupils