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What is "today's" Vet Tech? |
1.A PROFESSIONAL 2.More than a skilled set of hands
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What should "today's" Vet Tech know? |
1.The reasons and expected outcomes of the treatments they perform. 2.Should know how to critically evaluate, problem solve, think, and adapt to patients needs. |
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What things should Vet Techs know about pharmacology to be good techs? |
1. Be aware of the reason for drug use. 2. Be aware of potential problems with drug therapy. 3. Educate clients and answer questions 4.Don't do stupid things! |
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What effects of a drug should a vet tech know? |
Should know the expected effects and side effects. |
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Why are all drugs potential poisons? |
1. Side effects 2. Narrow dose range 3. Route of administration 4. Drug incompatibilities 5. Species differences 6. Individual variability |
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What is a narrow dose range? |
Can only give so much of a drug w/in a range because if you give to much could cause overdose and if you do not give enough it may be ineffective. |
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What are written drug doses based on? |
They are an estimation based on a bell shaped curve. |
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Do all animals fall w/in the drug dose range (Bell shaped curve)? |
No
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What happens to animals that fall outside the drug dose curve? |
1. Overdose (Need to counteract Drug) 2. Ineffective (may need to increase dosage) 3. Adverse Side Effects |
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How do drugs work? |
By altering physiology
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How do drugs effect the physiology? |
Interactions between:
1. Drug's effect on physiology 2. Disease's effect on physiology 3. individual's genetic or environmental variables in physiology |
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Effective Drug use involves ___________________? |
knowing how to maximize the beneficial changes while minimizing the bad physiological effects |
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Define Drug. |
1.Any chemical agent that affects living processes 2.Prevents, diagnoses, or treats disease |
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What is considered a chemical name for a drug? |
ex: d-(-) alpha-amino-p-hydroxylbenzyl penicillin trihydrate The actual chemical structure of the drug (a chemist could draw it) |
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What is the nonproprietary name? |
The generic name.
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What is the trade name? |
The proprietary name. Has trademark symbol Is patented by a drug company |
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By what term will we refer to drugs in this class. |
The generic or proprietary name. |
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Legend drugs: |
prescribed by licensed DVM |
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What is a dose? |
amount given at one time (mg) |
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What is dosage? |
amount given per unit of body weight (mg/kg, mg/lb) |
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what is a dose regimen? |
1. how much to give 2. How often to give it 3.Route 4. Duration |
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what is a dose interval |
how often to give dose |
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What are the 5 rights? |
1. Right Patient 2. Right drug 3. Right dose 4. Right route 5. Right frequency |
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How many times should we read the label? |
3 times |
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what forms are considered solids? |
Tablets caplets capsules gel caps enteric coated sustained release molded(chewable) powders |
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What does it mean if a tablet is scored? |
That the manufacturer has garenteed that the tablet has equal proportions of the drug on either side of the line |
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What is enteric coating? |
A special covering that protects the drug from the acid environment of the stomach. The drug can then dissolve in the small intestine. |
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Can you cut an enteric coated tablet? why? |
No, because then the cut surface will not be protected. |
