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Penn Foster Veterinary
Pharmacology Final Exam 2024:
Verified Questions and Answers with
100% Accuracy | Latest Update
1 - ✔✔-Distinguish between hormonal, endocrine, and reproductive drugs

Drugs affect the nervous system by acting at the synaptic junctions to promote
neurotransmitter's activity, mimic their actions, or block them from acting. - ✔✔-Describe how
drugs affect the nervous system

Expectorants, mucolytics, antitussives, bronchodilators, decongestants - ✔✔-Identify examples
of respiratory drugs

NSAIDs, Opioids, Antihistamines, muscle relaxers, steroids, nerve blocks - ✔✔-List which
drugs are used to relieve pain and inflammation

- ✔✔-Summarize the difference between ophthalmic and otic drugs

- ✔✔-Compare and contrast cardiovascular and gastrointestinal drugs

Antiparasitic drugs work by destroying parasites or inhibiting their growth. Most work by
interfering with the parasite's nervous system to prevent them from moving. - ✔✔-Describe
how antiparasitic drugs work

- ✔✔-Discuss why replacement drugs are often necessary for animal health

keeping the staff informed regarding discontinued items, knowing the dates on which
backordered items will be released from the vendor, packing up goods awaiting return to the
vendor (e.g., expired items), rotating stock correctly, maintaining current prices on all products,
organizing inventory for ease of location and counting, receiving and inspecting orders on arrival
at the veterinary facility, and learning about new products. - ✔✔-Explain the veterinary
technician's role in inventory control

Drug that has affinity for a receptor/stimulates receptor into action - ✔✔-Define: Agonist

A reason not to use a drug in a particular situation - ✔✔-Define: Contraindication

the degree to which a drug produces its desired response. - ✔✔-Define: Efficacy

,One that may be purchased without prescription from a veterinarian - ✔✔-Define:
Over-the-counter drug

One that must be used under the supervision of a veterinarina - ✔✔-Define: Prescription Drug

a group of specialized molecules on or in a cell that bind with a drug to produce an effect -
✔✔-Define: Receptor

expresses the relationship between a drug's therapeutic and harmful effects - ✔✔-Define:
Therapeutic Index

Amount of time that must elapse between the end of drug therapy and elimination of that drug
from patients tissues or products - ✔✔-Define: Withdrawl Time

Relationship that must exist between the vet, the patient, and the owner before prescription
drugs can be dispensed. - ✔✔-Define: Veterinarian-client-patient relationship

Animal product, plant material, minerals, synthetic products - ✔✔-List 4 sources of drugs used
in Vet Med

Dose, route, frequency, and duration of administration. - ✔✔-What are 4 components of a drug
regimen?

1.vet must assume responsibility for making clinical judgments in relation to health of the
animal.
2. Vet must have recently seen the animal and be acquainted with it's care.
3.Vet must be available for follow-up care of the animal - ✔✔-Discuss the conditions that must
be met before a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship can be shown to exist

To carry out the vet's orders correctly. should read the drug label three times to ensure proper
drug is being administered and should take care to administer correct dose by correct route.
Should be aware of the expected affects and potential adverse side effects and be able to
monitor the patient. - ✔✔-Discuss the responsibilities of a vet tech in the administration of drug
orders

Drug is absorbed (or placed directly) into the bloodstream, the drug may bind with plasma in the
blood or may exist in free state, circulating blood distributes drug to capillary level where it
leaves circulation and enters interstitial fluid. it bathes the cell and allows drug to bind to cell
surface receptors or enter the cell. It then exits the cell and moves back into interstitial fluid,
reenters circulation, and is transported to liver for metabolism. The metabolite is then
transported to kidneys for excretion. - ✔✔-Describe the sequence of events that a drug
undergoes from administration to excretion

,Oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, intraperitoneal, intraarterial, intracardiac,
intramedullary, inhalation, topical, intradermal - ✔✔-List 11 possible routes for administering a
drug to a patient.

Method of absorption, pH of the drug and ionization status, absorptive surface area, blood
supply to area, solubility of drug, dosage form, status of GI tract, and interactions with other
drugs - ✔✔-List some of the factors that influence drug absorption

Liver - ✔✔-Most biotransformation occurs in the_____

Kidneys - ✔✔-Most drug excretion occurs via the ______

Receptors - ✔✔-Drugs usually produce their effects by combining with specific cellular_____

Trade/Proprietary Name - ✔✔-The drug name chosen by the manufacturer and is exclusive
property of that company is called

names (generic and trade) concentration, quantity, name and address of manufacturer, control
or lot number, expiration date - ✔✔-What are the 6 items that must be included on drug label?

FDA, EPA, USDA - ✔✔-What are three government agencies that regulate the development,
approval, and use of animal health products?

Profit earned from selling products - ✔✔-Why do many vet clinics dispense rather than
prescribe most of the drugs that they use?

Purchased from manufacturers, distributors, or generic mail order companies. May be sold only
one label to graduate veterinarians and under another as over-the-counter - ✔✔-Describe the
marketing of animal health products

The Green Book - ✔✔-all FDA-approved veterinary drugs are listed in the publication
entitled_____

Provides resources concerning the avoidance of drug residues in animals - ✔✔-What is the
purpose of FARAD?

Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA) - ✔✔-Extralabel veterinary drug use
was made legal (under prescribed circumstances) by what act of congress?

Diluting or combingin existing drugs - ✔✔-Define Compounding

May cause allergic reaction or neoplasia in people, may cause the development of
antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria - ✔✔-What are potential dangers of residues in animal
products

, Pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and pharmaceutic - ✔✔-List 3 classes of drug
interactions

Liver - ✔✔-Drug interaction can be anticipated when two drugs are given that are both
metabolized by the_____

one sold only through veterinarians as a policy of the manufacturer rather than by FDA
requirement - ✔✔-Define: Ethical Product

Metabolite - ✔✔-Once a drug has been biotransformed, it is called a_____

Indication - ✔✔-A reason to use a drug is a(n)_____

A. Practical experience. - ✔✔-Diagnostic method of choosing a drug is based on all of the
following except
a. Practical experience
b. Assesment of the patient
c. Obtaining a history
d. Performing lab tests

Using a drug in a way not specified by the label - ✔✔-Define: extralabel

Pharmacokinetics - ✔✔-Complex sequence of events that occurs after a drug is administered
is called____

by injections. - ✔✔-Parenteral drugs are administered________

Metabolism (biotransformation) - ✔✔-The body's ability to change a drug chemically from the
form in which it was administered into a form that can be eliminated from the body is
called_____

efficacy - ✔✔-Degree to which a drug produces its desired response in a patient is
called________

False - ✔✔-An adverse drug reaction is always life-threatening. T/F?

1.Incinerate when possible
2.Send to landfill when incinerated
3.Never flush down drain or toilet
4.Maintain close inventory control
5.Follow state and federal guidelines
6.Educate clients on proper disposal techniques. - ✔✔-List the six practices recommended by
the AVMA for the safe disposal of unwanted drugs.

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