VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ 2024/2025
Nonproprietary name
Generic name
Proprietary name
Trade or Brand name
Generic equivalent
Copycat drug produced by different manufacturer after original patent expires
Solids
Tablets, capsules, etc
Suppositories
Inserted into rectum and dissolved
Solutions
Drug dissolved in liquid
Suspensions
Drug suspended but not dissolved in liquid
Syrups
Solutions of drugs with water and sugar
Elixirs
Solutions of drugs dissolved in sweetened alcohol
Tinctures
Topical alcohol solutions
Liniments
Topical drug in an oil base
Ointments/ creams
Semisolid topical dosage forms
Pastes
Semisolid oral dosage forms
, Injectable drugs
Administered by needle and syringe
Repository injectable drugs
Formulated for prolonged absorbtion
Implants
Solid dosage forms, injected/ inserted under skin
Common needle sizes
25, 22, 20, 18, 16 gauge needles
Tuberculin syringes
1 ml dose
Insulin needles
.25 gauge needle
Name parts of needles (3)
Hub, shaft, bevel
Gauges
16-25 g
*Know Types of Syringes*
Luer lock, slip tip, eccentric tip, catheter tip
SID
Once a day
BID
Twice a day
TID
Three times a day
QID
Four times a day
QOD/EOD
Every other day
PRN
Refill as needed
Ex. : Q. 12h
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ 2024/2025
Nonproprietary name
Generic name
Proprietary name
Trade or Brand name
Generic equivalent
Copycat drug produced by different manufacturer after original patent expires
Solids
Tablets, capsules, etc
Suppositories
Inserted into rectum and dissolved
Solutions
Drug dissolved in liquid
Suspensions
Drug suspended but not dissolved in liquid
Syrups
Solutions of drugs with water and sugar
Elixirs
Solutions of drugs dissolved in sweetened alcohol
Tinctures
Topical alcohol solutions
Liniments
Topical drug in an oil base
Ointments/ creams
Semisolid topical dosage forms
Pastes
Semisolid oral dosage forms
, Injectable drugs
Administered by needle and syringe
Repository injectable drugs
Formulated for prolonged absorbtion
Implants
Solid dosage forms, injected/ inserted under skin
Common needle sizes
25, 22, 20, 18, 16 gauge needles
Tuberculin syringes
1 ml dose
Insulin needles
.25 gauge needle
Name parts of needles (3)
Hub, shaft, bevel
Gauges
16-25 g
*Know Types of Syringes*
Luer lock, slip tip, eccentric tip, catheter tip
SID
Once a day
BID
Twice a day
TID
Three times a day
QID
Four times a day
QOD/EOD
Every other day
PRN
Refill as needed
Ex. : Q. 12h
