Terms to Know Flashcards
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Biological
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Preparation from living organisms or their products
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Drug
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Chemical used to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent a disease
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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
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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
Treats the symptoms but does not heal
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Supportive therapy
Just keeps the patient going day to day
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Dose
The amount of drug given to an animal
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Efficacy
Whether a drug is going to work or not
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Therapeutic index
Ratio of drugs ability to work and the lethal dose
| LD50/ED50
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Absorption
Movement of a drug from the site of administration to the symptoms
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Distribution
The process of which s drug is carried from absorption to the site needed
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Metabolism
The body's way of eliminating the drug from the body (the liver)
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Excretion
Kidney eliminates a drug (urinate out)
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Individual variation
Variation of sex, weight, sensitivities to drugs, temperaments, tolerance, idiopathic
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Pharmacology
Study of drugs
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Pharmotherapudics
A veterinary must choose a drug with a specific regimen
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Pharmokinetics
The movement of drugs throughout the body
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Adverse drug reactions
Anything undesirable
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Drug residues
Traces of drugs remaining in animal products at the time of marketing
