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| 4 things technicians are prohibited from doing.. |
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1. Making Dx
2. Performing Sx
3. Rendering prognoses
4. Rx treatment |
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FDA what does it stand for ?
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Food and drug administration
The FDA has the responsibility of ensuring the safety and effectiveness of all drugs and is in charge with monitoring the safety of the food supply.
Defined by the fedal food,drug,and cosmetics act places the FDA in the role of watchdog over the wats vet drugs are used.
Because the FDA is also incharge of human food , they need to know about the drug that resides in meat, egg, milk, and food produces. |
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Dose is the amount of drug administered to the patient.
EX. 1ml or 2 tabs are considered doses for an animal. |
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General amount that any animal or patient should be given over time. Dosage might also be apply to genral description of how a drug is to be administered.
EX: 10mg/kg or 1ml/lb are dosages,
apply bandages as directed by vet= dosage,
10mg/kg (dosage) used for a 5kg dog= 50mg (dose) |
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Define the chemical name...
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Describes the chmical composition of a drug and is used by chemisit and pharmacologists but is of little use in vet med.
Ex. D(-)-a-amino-p-hydroxybenzyl-penicillin trihydrate. (amoxicillin) |
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Define nonproprietary name...
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AKA generic name, is more concise name given to specific chemical compound. These names useally are listed as the active ingredient on drug lables.
Ex Aspirin/acetaminophen/and amoxicillin |
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Define Proprietary name....
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AKA trade name, is a unique name a manufacturer gives its particular brand of drug. because trade names are proper nouns they are capitalized and followed by R (with a circle around the r) or TM
Ex. Tylenol/Lasix/Valium/Amoxitabs |
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Dosages are often reffered to as dosage redimens.
Ex dose regimen would be "give 2mg/kg every 8 hours for 10 days". There are 8 hours between each dose.
If an animals gain weigh the dose would increase but the dosage wouldn't because its base on mg/kg |
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| What does dosage form mean> |
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a drugs dosage form is the description of it's physical appearance or type.
tablets/capsules/solutions/liniments
Often indicates the method by which the drug is administered . |
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| soild dosage form: Tablets and capsules |
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| powered drug comprised into a disk or capsule shaped tab. |
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Soft chewable tablets in which powered drug is mixed with lactose, sucrose, or dextrose and a flavoring to encourage the patient to chew the tabet.
Ex vitamins/ chewable heartworm medication |
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Tablet coatings...
Enteric-coated tablets |
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| have a special covering over the powdered drug that protects the drug from the harsh acidic environment of the stomach and prevents dissolution of the tablet until it enter the more alkaline environment of the small intestines. |
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tablets Can come in
Sustained-released formulations |
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| These oral dosage forms are designed to release only small amuounts of drug into the intestine lumen over an extended period. Sometimes don't get fully dispursed in intestens and get wasted due to how fast the dog process it. should not be broken into havles or sections breakeing enteric coated tablet would allow the drug within the tablet to be exposed to the daming acid of the stomach environment |
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| Gel caps (sometimes still called capsules) |
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| are powdered drugs placed in a gelatin capsul. the gelatin becomes soft and readily dissolves in the stomach, releasing the powdered drug. |
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are powdered drug incorporated into a hard candy-like tablet. these are intended dosage forms to be held in the mouth and slowly dissolve, relaseing small amounts.
Ex cough tablets and throat lozenges.
not ofeten used in our field |
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Dosage form designed to be placed in the rectum, where they dissolve and release the drug to be absorbed across the membranes of intestine wall.
in the case of vomiting these are good to use.
Ex capstar |
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liquid include solutions/suspensions
Suspended drugs |
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| particles settle to the bottom of an undisturbed container, requiring the container to be shook before administration. resuspending |
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| suspension in which the the drug is mixed with liquid fat or oil |
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| are solutions in whicn the drug is mixed with sugar water |
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| are used for drugs that do not readily dissolve in water therefor they should not be diluted of mixed with water |
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| are alchol solutions meant for application to the skin (topical application) |
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| which are drug suspenstions orsolutions that are dabbed, brushed, or dripped onto the skin without rubbing |
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The most up to date information is usely found in the DPi.
Inserts provide the essential information on the drug as required by the FDA guildlines and must be updated as new data or new information is developed and released on the drug . |
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| Small booklets containing common drug doses, or laarger reference books, such as vet pharmaceuticals and biological, mosby's vet reference, compendium or vet products, vet drug handbook. drugs change so much we should have the most current edition |
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Physicans genRX and physicians' desk reference (PDR)
Vet professions may need human drug information when pets accidentally ingest humans medicines or when needing a dosage form of a drug not available as a vet med drug (pediatric dose forms. |
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| The bold face capitol R indicates |
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| The registered copyrighted proprietary or trade (brand) name or the product |
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| heading indicates that this product is available only by proscription or on the order of a licensed Vet. selling drugs with this designation as over the counter (OTC) drugs in grocery stores ,feed stores, or discount stores is illegal. |
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AKA as scheduled drugs and therefore has special requirements for dispensing/prescribing/and using within vet facility.
The roman numeral indicates the general level of abuse potential. Categories/ scheduals of controlled substances range CI-CV The higher the roman number the less poteintal for abuse. C-1 =highesr/c-5 lest |
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designation in the nonproprietary name stands for united states pharmacopeia.
Is an organization that sets the standard for manufactured of drugs sold in the united states. the ups is one of the standards ensuring the drugs are produced in manner that delivers a safe and consistent effect.
The usp designation indicated that this drug has been manufactured to the standards required by the UPS |
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Are specific FDA approved uses for the drug.
when a drug is approved for a specific species/dosage/specific Dz |
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