Veterinary Medications "B's"
Across
- 2. Brand name. SGLT2 Inhibitor. Blocks the kidneys from reabsorbing glucose back into the blood stream. For newly diagnosed cats only.
- 3. Primary partial mu opiate agonist used primarily as an inj and buccal analgesic. Not part of our "cocktail".
- 4. Also known as "Lioresal". Was previously used to treat urinary retention by decreasing urethral resistance however has now been highly discouraged due to high rates of toxicity.
- 5. A broad-sepctrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Effective against many gram-neg and some gram-pos bacteria, as well as mycoplasma. Can impair joint cartilage development.
- 6. Used to treat pseudocyesis, inducing estrus and pregnancy termination in dogs. For adjunctive treatment of acromegaly and mammary fibroadenomatous hyperplasia in cats. "-- Mesylate".
- 7. An Antineoplastic sometimes used in treating chronic granulocytic leukemia or polycythemia.
- 9. Used as a radiopaque contract medium to image the gastrointestinal tract on x-ray.
- 10. An angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor that may be useful for treating heart failure, high blood pressure, CKD, and/or proteinuria.
- 11. Also known at Pepto-Bismol. Used to treat diarrhea and Helicobacter GI infections. *First name only... Too long*
Down
- 1. Schedule IV. Partial opiate agonist/antagonist used as an analgesic, premed, antitussive or antiemetic. Reduce dose in dogs with MDR-1.
- 3. Antitussive. Little to extremely limited published information for its use in veterinary medicine. Contraindicated and dangerous in cats.
- 5. Neo-Poly-Bac.
- 8. An Antibiotic antineoplastic agent. Used for lymphomas, oral squamous cell carcinomas, teratomas, and nonfunctional thyroid tumors.