Terms to Know Flashcards
Biological
Preparation from living organisms or their products
Drug
Chemical used to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent a disease
Pharmacodynamics
The study of the action of drugs on living systems
Chemotherapy
The treatment of disease with chemical agents
Toxicology
The study of poisons
AD
Right ear
OD
Right eye
AS
Left ear
OS
Left eye
AU
Both ears
OU
Both eyes
PO
Orally
NPO
Nothing by mouth
SID
Once a day
QD
Once daily
BID
Twice a day
TID
Three times a day
QID
Four times a day
Ad lib
As much as desired (food and water)
Q( ) h
Every _____ hours
Indication
The reason we are using a specific drug
Contraindicated
Reason to NOT use a drug
Regimen
Plan for administering a drug- route, dose, frequency
Specific therapy
Treating the specific cause of the disease directly
Symptomatic therapy
Treats the symptoms but does not heal
Supportive therapy
Just keeps the patient going day to day
Dose
The amount of drug given to an animal
Efficacy
Whether a drug is going to work or not
Therapeutic index
Ratio of drugs ability to work and the lethal dose
LD50/ED50
Absorption
Movement of a drug from the site of administration to the symptoms
Distribution
The process of which s drug is carried from absorption to the site needed
Metabolism
The body’s way of eliminating the drug from the body (the liver)
Excretion
Kidney eliminates a drug (urinate out)
Individual variation
Variation of sex, weight, sensitivities to drugs, temperaments, tolerance, idiopathic
Pharmacology
Study of drugs
Pharmotherapudics
A veterinary must choose a drug with a specific regimen
Pharmokinetics
The movement of drugs throughout the body
Adverse drug reactions
Anything undesirable
Drug residues
Traces of drugs remaining in animal products at the time of marketing
