Terms to Know

Question 0

Biological

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Preparation from living organisms or their products

Question 1

Drug

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Chemical used to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent a disease

Question 2

Pharmacodynamics

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The study of the action of drugs on living systems

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Chemotherapy

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The treatment of disease with chemical agents

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Toxicology

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The study of poisons

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AD

Answer 5

Right ear

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OD

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Right eye

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AS

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Left ear

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OS

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Left eye

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AU

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Both ears

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OU

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Both eyes

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PO

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Orally

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NPO

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Nothing by mouth

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SID

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Once a day

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QD

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Once daily

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BID

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Twice a day

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TID

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Three times a day

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QID

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Four times a day

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Ad lib

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As much as desired (food and water)

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Q( ) h

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Every _____ hours

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Indication

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The reason we are using a specific drug

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Contraindicated

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Reason to NOT use a drug

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Regimen

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Plan for administering a drug- route, dose, frequency

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Specific therapy

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Treating the specific cause of the disease directly

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Symptomatic therapy

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Treats the symptoms but does not heal

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Supportive therapy

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Just keeps the patient going day to day

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Dose

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The amount of drug given to an animal

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Efficacy

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Whether a drug is going to work or not

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Therapeutic index

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Ratio of drugs ability to work and the lethal dose

LD50/ED50

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Absorption

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Movement of a drug from the site of administration to the symptoms

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Distribution

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The process of which s drug is carried from absorption to the site needed

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Metabolism

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The body’s way of eliminating the drug from the body (the liver)

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Excretion

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Kidney eliminates a drug (urinate out)

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Individual variation

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Variation of sex, weight, sensitivities to drugs, temperaments, tolerance, idiopathic

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Pharmacology

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Study of drugs

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Pharmotherapudics

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A veterinary must choose a drug with a specific regimen

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Pharmokinetics

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The movement of drugs throughout the body

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Adverse drug reactions

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Anything undesirable

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Drug residues

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Traces of drugs remaining in animal products at the time of marketing