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Veterinary Pharmacology-Final Exam
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T or F: Diazepam (a benzodiazepine e.g. Valium®) is an example of a drug that should be given
IV since in other routes it can cause tissue irritation and pain. - Answer✔true; can be given IM
or SQ, but both will cause pain to the patient
Xylazine HCL and dexmetdetomidine are examples of drugs from the category alpha-2 agonists.
Which of the following is a characteristic of this category of drug?
a. they often result in dramatic bradycardia and hypotension
b. during emergence from sedation the patient often has tremors and head bobbing
c. they are strongly fat soluble drugs so the effect in an obese patient will take longer to occur
d. care must be given when dosing as there is no reversal agent - Answer✔a. they often result
in dramatic bradycardia and hypotension
The most common side effect of a drug that are used to promote vasodilation is
______________. - Answer✔hypotension
The most important difference between parasympatholytic drugs (e.g. atropine) and
catecholamines (e.g. epinephrine) as treatment for heart problems, is which of the following?
a. catecholamines are more commonly used for anaphylactic reactions
b. parasympatholytics are a first choice for resuscitation
c. parasympatholytics slow heart rate while catecholamines increase heart rate
d. parasympatholytics have a side effect of tachycardia while catecholamines have really no
side effects or precautions - Answer✔a. catecholamines are more commonly used for
anaphylactic reactions
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All of the following antiarrhythmic drugs are used to slow the heart rate and make the
contractions more effective with the exception of one class of drug. Which class of drug is most
commonly used to stop premature ventricular contractions (often associated with bloat)?
a. Class I (lidocaine, procainamide)
b. Class III (bretylium)
c. none of the answers are used for premature ventricular contractions
d. Class II (beta blockers)
e. Class IV (calcium channel blockers) - Answer✔a. Class I (lidocaine, procainamide)
Antithombolic medications like aspirin and heparin work by:
a. breaking up clots so that cannot lodge in blood vessels
b. preventing blood clot formation within blood vessels
c. flushing blood clots into the general circulation where they are more readily dissolved
d. causing the blood to clot more quickly when there is a wound - Answer✔b. preventing blood
clot formation in the vessels
Which of the following relate to the cardiac glycoside (digoxin/digitalis)?
a. digoxin is used to speed up a slow heart rate
b. serum levels must routinely be monitored to check for toxicity
c. digoxin is the preferred drug over a calcium sensitizer due to the fact that it is so well
tolerated
d. digoxin is helpful for patients with heart murmurs - Answer✔b. serum levels must routinely
be monitored to check for toxicity
A small dog is brought in to a clinic with the complaint of having two seizures in one day. The
dog is also depressed and vomiting. The veterinarian is concerned that the dog has been
exposed to a toxin or poison. Which of the following anti-convulsant drugs would be used at
the veterinary clinic should the dog have another seizure (i.e. what would be used if the dog is
seizuring)?
a. phenobarbital
b. any of the answers would be correct as they all work to stop a seizure while it is occurring
c. clomipramine
d. diazepam
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Veterinary Pharmacology-Final Exam
Questions And Answers |Latest 2025 |
Guaranteed Pass.
T or F: Diazepam (a benzodiazepine e.g. Valium®) is an example of a drug that should be given
IV since in other routes it can cause tissue irritation and pain. - Answer✔true; can be given IM
or SQ, but both will cause pain to the patient
Xylazine HCL and dexmetdetomidine are examples of drugs from the category alpha-2 agonists.
Which of the following is a characteristic of this category of drug?
a. they often result in dramatic bradycardia and hypotension
b. during emergence from sedation the patient often has tremors and head bobbing
c. they are strongly fat soluble drugs so the effect in an obese patient will take longer to occur
d. care must be given when dosing as there is no reversal agent - Answer✔a. they often result
in dramatic bradycardia and hypotension
The most common side effect of a drug that are used to promote vasodilation is
______________. - Answer✔hypotension
The most important difference between parasympatholytic drugs (e.g. atropine) and
catecholamines (e.g. epinephrine) as treatment for heart problems, is which of the following?
a. catecholamines are more commonly used for anaphylactic reactions
b. parasympatholytics are a first choice for resuscitation
c. parasympatholytics slow heart rate while catecholamines increase heart rate
d. parasympatholytics have a side effect of tachycardia while catecholamines have really no
side effects or precautions - Answer✔a. catecholamines are more commonly used for
anaphylactic reactions
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All of the following antiarrhythmic drugs are used to slow the heart rate and make the
contractions more effective with the exception of one class of drug. Which class of drug is most
commonly used to stop premature ventricular contractions (often associated with bloat)?
a. Class I (lidocaine, procainamide)
b. Class III (bretylium)
c. none of the answers are used for premature ventricular contractions
d. Class II (beta blockers)
e. Class IV (calcium channel blockers) - Answer✔a. Class I (lidocaine, procainamide)
Antithombolic medications like aspirin and heparin work by:
a. breaking up clots so that cannot lodge in blood vessels
b. preventing blood clot formation within blood vessels
c. flushing blood clots into the general circulation where they are more readily dissolved
d. causing the blood to clot more quickly when there is a wound - Answer✔b. preventing blood
clot formation in the vessels
Which of the following relate to the cardiac glycoside (digoxin/digitalis)?
a. digoxin is used to speed up a slow heart rate
b. serum levels must routinely be monitored to check for toxicity
c. digoxin is the preferred drug over a calcium sensitizer due to the fact that it is so well
tolerated
d. digoxin is helpful for patients with heart murmurs - Answer✔b. serum levels must routinely
be monitored to check for toxicity
A small dog is brought in to a clinic with the complaint of having two seizures in one day. The
dog is also depressed and vomiting. The veterinarian is concerned that the dog has been
exposed to a toxin or poison. Which of the following anti-convulsant drugs would be used at
the veterinary clinic should the dog have another seizure (i.e. what would be used if the dog is
seizuring)?
a. phenobarbital
b. any of the answers would be correct as they all work to stop a seizure while it is occurring
c. clomipramine
d. diazepam
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