Seda%ve, hypno%c, neurolep%c/an%epilep%c,
an%seizure drugs, analep%cs, prescrip%on samples, pharmaceu%cal procedures
Refer lecturer for course updated notes.
Students are oblidged to follow the courses for evalua%on process and presented notes are preliminary dra>s for the whole evalua%on
process.
Pharmacology 1 and
Prescription Knowledge
• Seda%ve and hypno%c drugs
• Introduc%on
• General pharmakokine%c proper%es
• General pharmacodynamic proper%es
• Clinical Uses
• Adverse Effects
• Problem-Oriented Pa%ent example
Benzodiazepines
Agents with full agonist ac%vity at benzodiazepine site
• (Alprazolam, Chlordiazepoxide , Clorazepate ,
Clonazepam ,Diazepam ,Estazolam ,Flunitrazepam ,Flurazepam ,Lorazepam ,Midazolam ,Oxazepam ,Temazepam ,Triazolam
Nonbenzodiazepines ac%ve mainly at the type 1 benzodiazepine site
• eszopiclone, zaleplon, and zolpidem
• Mechanism of ac%on
• Dose-Response
• Barbiturates
• Amobarbital, aprobarbital, butabarbital, barbital, mephobarbital,
methohexital, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, primidone, secobarbital, thiopental
• Mechanism of ac%on
• Dose-Response
• Chloral hydrate
• Erhchlorvynol
• Etomidate
• Glutethimide
• Methprylon
• Meprobamate
• Methaqualone
• Paraldehyde
• Propofol
• Ramelteon
• Dexmedetomidine
• Tolerance/Withdrawal
• Ramelteon/Melatonin
antiepileptic/antiseizure/antipsycotic
• Epilepsy
• Seizures
• Post-ictal
• Grand mal seizure
• Pe%t mal seizure
• Myoclonus
• Mechanism of ac%on
• Sodium channel blockers
• GABA receptor agonists
• GABA reuptake inhibitors
• GABA transaminase inhibitors
• AEDs with poten%al GABA mechanism of ac%on
• Glutamate blockers
• AEDs with other mechanism of ac%ons
• Neuronal potassium channel openers
Psychotropic Drugs
Behaviour Modification Medications in Veterinary Medicine
• Augmenta%on of Behaviour Modifica%on
• Reduc%on of Stress
• Seda%on
• Dura%on of Therapy
• Informed Consent
• An%deppresants
• Benzodiazepines and trazodone
• Buspirone
• Combina%on therapy
• Client expecta%ons – Proxy situa%ons
• Case examples
