Med Math Week 1

Question 0

Agonist

Answer 0

A drug that brings about a specific action by binding with the appropriate receptor.

Question 1

Adverse drug reaction

Answer 1

An undesirable response to a drug by a patient, may be mild or fatal

Question 2

Antagonist

Answer 2

A drug that inhibits a specific action by binding with a particular receptor

Question 3

Compounding

Answer 3

Any manipulation performed to produce a dosage-form drug, other than the manipulations described in the directions for use on the labeling of an approved drug product

Question 4

Drug

Answer 4

A substance used to diagnose prevent or treat disease

Question 5

Efficacy

Answer 5

The extent to which a drug causes the intended effects in a patient

Question 6

Extra label use

Answer 6

The use of a drug that is not specifically listed on the US FDA approved label

Question 7

Half-life

Answer 7

The amount of time that it takes for the quantity of a drug in the body to be reduced by 50%

Question 8

Manufacturing

Answer 8

The bulk production of drugs for resale outside of the veterinarian-client-patient relationship

Question 9

Metabolism (biotransformation)

Answer 9

The biochemical process that alters a drug from an active form to a form that is inactive or that can be eliminated from the body

Question 10

Parenteral

Answer 10

The route of administration of injectable drugs

Question 11

Partition coefficient

Answer 11

The ratio of the solubility of substances between two states in which they may be found

Question 12

Prescription drug

Answer 12

A drug that is limited to the use under the supervision of a veterinarian because of potential danger difficulty of administration or other considerations

Question 13

Regimen

Answer 13

The plan; contains how much, how often, how long

Question 14

Residue

Answer 14

An amount of a drug still present in animal tissue or products at a particular point

Question 15

Veterinarian-client-patient relationship

Answer 15

The Vet must know the client and patient b4 administering or prescribing a drug

Question 16

Withdrawal time

Answer 16

The length of time it takes for a drug to get out of an animals tissue

Question 17

Drug sources

Answer 17

Plants based (botanical)
Animal based (animal)
Mineral based ( duh!)
Electrolytes
Synthesized (lab created)

Question 18

Inactive ingredients

Answer 18

Classified as binders, coating, coloring agents, disintergrants, emulsifiers, fillers, flavoring, flow agents, humectants, preservatives, sweeteners, and thickeners

Question 19

What is pharmacotherapy

Answer 19

Treatment of disease, illness, or medical condition with the use of drugs

Question 20

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 20

Events that occur after administration, a drug’s effect on the movement of a patient

Question 21

Rx means

Answer 21

Prescription

Question 22

OTC means

Answer 22

Over the counter

Question 23

PO describes

Answer 23

Administration by mouth or enteral

Question 24

IV describes

Answer 24

Admin intravenous

Question 25

IM describes

Answer 25

Admin intramuscular

Question 26

SC describes

Answer 26

Admin subcutaneously

Question 27

ID describes

Answer 27

Admin into the skin intardermal

Question 28

IP describes

Answer 28

Admin intraperitoneal (into the abdomen)

Question 29

IA describes

Answer 29

Intraarterial (into an artery)

Question 31

Bioavailability is

Answer 31

The degree of a drug to be absorbed into the body’s circulatory system

Question 32

Topical describes

Answer 32

Admin onto the surface of the skin

Question 33

Parenteral Injections are injections ________ the GI tract

Answer 33

Outside

Question 43

Other routes of administration are

Answer 43

Intraarticular (into a joint)
Intracardiac (into the walls of the heart)
Intramedullary (into the bone marrow)
Epidural/subdural (into the spine)

Question 44

Drug distribution

Answer 44

The process by which a drug is carried from its site of absorption to its site of action

Question 45

Biotransformation

Answer 45

Is metabolism the bodies ability to change a drug chemically from the form in which it was administered into a form that can be eliminated from the body.

Question 46

Drug absorption is affected by

Answer 46

Mechanism
pH/ ionization
Surface area 
Blood supply
Solubility
Form
Drug interaction

Question 47

Enteral injections are

Answer 47

Inside the GI tract

Question 48

Drug distribution is

Answer 48

How a drug gets from the absorption to the site of action

Question 49

Drug excretion

Answer 49

How/where drugs are excreted from the body

Question 50

Half-Life

Answer 50

The time required to excrete half of the present amt of drug

Question 51

Pharmacodynamics is

Answer 51

Mechanisms by which drugs produce physiologic changes in the body

Question 52

Therapeutic Index is

Answer 52

The relationship between a drugs ability to achieve the desired effect mad it’s tendency to produce toxic effects

Question 53

Ld 50 & Ed50

Answer 53

Ld 50 is the lowest dose that is lethal to 50% of animals in trial
Ed 50 is the lowest dose that produces the desired effect in 50% of animals in a trial

Question 54

Regulatory Agencies are

Answer 54

FDA, CVA, EPA, USDA

Question 55

FARAD is

Answer 55

Food animal residue avoidance databank they provide withholding times for milk and preslaughter withdrawal times for meat

Question 56

The green book list

Answer 56

All animal drugs approved by the FDA