TERMS OF PHARMACOLOGY

Question 1

The initial higher dose of a drug that may be given at the beginning of a course of treatment before dropping down to a lower maintenance dose

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Loading dose

Question 2

Defined as the science & technique of preparing & dispensing drug

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Pharmacy

Question 3

Refer to the label on the immediate container and package and other printed materials that are made available with the veterinary drug and product of the time of purchase or where the veterinary drug and product is used, such as the outer wrapper, cartons, leaflet/package insert accompanying the product, which provide the accurate and necessary detailed information for identification and proper use of the veterinary drug and product

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Labelling materials

Question 4

An instruction written by a veterinary practitioner authorizing a client to be provided a medicine for the treatment of their animal/s. It is piece of paper on which a vet writes the details of the medicine as drugs that the patient needs.

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Veterinary prescription

Question 5

The amount of a medication administered to maintain a desired level of medication in the blood

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Maintenance dose

Question 6

Study of weight and measures as applied to preparation and administration of drugs

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Metrology

Question 7

Study of medicine dosage which varies w/ the species of animal, intended effect of drug & individual tolerance and/or susceptibility

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Posology

Question 8

An initial dose of a drug that may be given at the beginning of a course of treatment before dropping down to a lower level

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Loading dose

Question 9

Concerned w/ pharmacy, posology, pharmacognosy, & indication of tx & use of drugs

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Materia medica

Question 10

Refers to any distinctive combinations of letters and numbers assigned to a particular lot, herein defined as portion of the batch

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Lot number

Question 11

Refers to the site and manner by which the product is to be introduced to animal

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Mode of administration

Question 12

A mathematical description of the temporal changes in the concentration of drug

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Pharmacokinetics

Question 13

Deals w/ the effects of various test substance studied on different animal species which is aimed at finding out safe therapeutic agent suitable for public health as well as mechanism and site of action of a test substance

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Experimental pharmacology

Question 14

Refers to any distinctive combination of letters and numbers, assigned to a particular batch herein defined as any product produced during a given cycle of manufacture

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Batch number

Question 15

Application of pharmacokinetic principles to the safe and effective therapeutic management of drugs in an individual patient

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Clinical pharmacokinetics

Question 16

Refer to any substance, including biological products, applied for or administered to food producing, companion, aquatic, laboratory, and exotic animals, whether used for therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostics purposes or for modification of physiological functions or behavior

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Veterinary drugs and products

Question 17

Refers to the pharmaceutical form of the preparation based on an official pharmacopeia

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Dosage forms

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Experimental science dealing w/ the properties of drug & their effects on the living system

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Pharmacology

Question 19

Refers to proprietary/trade name assigned to the veterinary drugs and products by the veterinary drug and product establishment

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Brand name

Question 20

Branch of pharmacology dealing with drugs that selectively inhibit or destroy specific agents of disease such as bacteria, virus , fungi, and other parasites

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Chemotherapy

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Quantitative study of drug concentrations in the tissue of the body

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Clinical pharmacokinetics

Question 22

Refer to the statements of conditions under which veterinary drug and product should not be used

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Contraindications

Question 23

The total amount of therapeutic substance that is to be taken within 24 hrs

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Daily dose

Question 24

Refers to a specific substance of combination of substances that would counteract the effect of any undue reaction and overdosage

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Antidote

Question 25

Refer to any drug preparation that is to be administered only upon written order of a duly-licensed veterinarian for the treatment of a condition or a diagnosed disease of animals

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Ethical drugs or Vet. prescription

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A pharmacopeia (compendium of drug info.) for the US published annually by the USP convention

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USP (United State Pharmacopeia)

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Maintenance rate of a drug administration equal to the rate of elimination at a steady state

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Maintenance dose

Question 28

Considers the relationships between drug concentration & pharmacological effect

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Pharmacodynamics

Question 29

Refers to the classification and listings of the veterinary drug and product

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Philippine National Veterinary Drug Formulary (PNVDF)

Question 30

Refers to the statements regarding the withdrawal period of the product before the animal is slaughtered for food and/or the occurence of potential hazard and side effects associated with the use of the product and the limitation of its use

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Warning

Question 31

The quantity to be administer at one time, as a specified amount of medication

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Single dose

Question 32

Refers to the identification of veterinary drugs and products by their scientifically and intentionally recognized active ingredient as determined by the Bureau of Food and Drugs of the DOH/Bureaus of Animal Industry of the DA

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Generic name

Question 33

The schedule of doses of a therapeutic agent per unit of time

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Dosage regimen

Question 34

Defined as the study of time course of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, & excretion

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Pharmacokinetics

Question 35

Involves discussion of MOA, organ system effects, therapeutic effects & side effects or toxicities

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Pharmacodynamics

Question 36

A fraction of the total quantity prescribe to be given at intervals, usually during a 24-hr period

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Divided dose

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Refers to the approved clinical & non-clinical use of the veterinary drug and product in terrestrial and aquatic animals based on substantial scientific evidence of the safety and efficacy in the given dosage form

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Indication

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Study of the use of drug in the treatment of disease

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Pharmacotherapy

Question 39

Schedule of doses of a medicine, including the time between doses, duration of treatment and the amount to be taken each time, how a medicine is to be taken, and in what formulation

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Dosage regimen