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12 Cards in this Set
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What corticosteroid does not have a clinically useful anti-inflammatory activity?
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desoxycorticosterone pivalate (DOCP)
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What glucocorticoid may not be effective topically?
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prednisone
cortisone |
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What drug is the treatment of cushing's disease and acts by inhibiting the enzymes required for steroid synthesis?
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ketoconazole
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What drugs can cause laminitis in a horse?
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glucocorticoids
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What is the treatment for laminitis in a horse?
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dexamethasone
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What is the least likely therapeutic uses for glucocorticoids?
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laminitis in the horse
corneal ulcers |
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What are adverse effects of glucocorticoits?
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osteoporosis
muscle wasting hyperglycemia immunosuppresion |
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What is a glucocorticoid preparation that can be given intravenously in emergency at large
doses and has a short duration of action? |
prednisolone sodium succinate
water soluble drug |
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What is the drug of choice of pituitary dependent hyperadrenocorticism?
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mitotane (O'P-DDD)
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T/F
glucocorticoids are an unsuitable treatment of immune mediated hemolytic anemia in dogs. |
false
they are used for their immunosupressive action |
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What is a short acting glucocorticoid?
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hydrocortisone
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T/F
corticosteroids are used for both acute and maintenance management of bronchial asthma? |
true
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