Psychotropics

Used for psychiatric disorders in animals

Psychotropic Drugs

Used to treat generalized anxiety and panic

Anxiolytics

• Diazepam

• Oxazepam

• Clorazepate

• Midazolam

Benzodiazepines

Buspirone

Azapirone

• Diminished behavioral arousal (anger mismanagement)

Antipsychotics

For low potency (words), D.O.C. is

Phenothiazene Group

For high potency (actions), D.O.C. are

Butyrophenones

• Mood swings/ Bipolar

• Impulsive emotional reactivity and aggression 

Mood Stabilizers

• Treat behavioral disorders, obsessive-compulsive, stereotypic, and inappropriate elimination. 

• There is suicidal depression

Antidepressants

• Combination of Neuroleptic (tranquillizer - the animal is awake but free from nervousness) and Analgesic (the animal is awake and no loss of consciousness, but there is loss of pain)

• It produces a depression in the central nervous system (sleep)

• Used in patients, the is an anesthetic risk.

  • When there is a need for surgery (cardiovascular), but the anesthetic can destroy the heart, which causes nervousness. 

  • The side effects of an anesthetic are cardiovascular 

Neuroleptanalgesics

Droperidol is a _________ (tranquilizer or ataractic)

neuroleptic

______ is an analgesic 

Fentanyl

• Recommended for dogs and humans 

• Recommended for poor-risk/ anesthetic-risk patients. 

• Not recommended in animals that are for food consumption. 

• Can be used on cats and horses, but with caution because there is no FDA approval (ELUD)

• Administration should be via slow I.V.; rapid I.V. administration causes “woody-chest” syndrome. 

  • The chest muscle (pectoral muscle) hardens 

  • The intercostal muscles and diaphragm harden, which causes difficulty in breathing (apnea)

Droperidol + Fentanyl Citrate

Etorphine is an _________ drug

analgesic + Neuroleptic

• Can be used in a wide range of animals, such as dogs, cats, and horses, but with proper caution

Etorphine + Neuroleptic Combination