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APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY FOR VETERINARY TECHNICIANS
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Fourth Edition
By
Boyce Wanamaker, DVM, MS, Program Director, Veterinary Technology Program, Columbia State Community College, Columbia, TN
Kathy Massey, LVMT, Instructor, Veterinary Technology Department, Columbia State Community College, Columbia, TN
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Applied pharmacology for veterinary technicians, 4th ed.
Wanamaker, Boyce P. and Kathy Lockett Massey.
W.B. Saunders Co., c2009
978-1-4160-5633-1 SF915 $54.95 (pa)
This textbook details pharmacologic agents and their
uses, for veterinary technicians and students. Wanamaker and Massey (veterinary technology, Columbia State Community College) include
information on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, side effects, clinical uses, and dosage forms for each drug. This edition contains
proprietary and generic names, online resources such as dosage calculators and videos, and more coverage of the anatomy and physiology
of the skin and drugs to treat skin disorders. It also has information on performing calculations for constant rate infusion problems,
neoplasia and antineoplastic drugs, herbal medicine, and regulations for controlled substances.
Doody
NEW
REVIEW -- WANAMAKER / Applied Pharmacology for the Veterinary Technician, 4th Edition. Elsevier, 2008, $54.95. Imprint: Saunders.
[AUTHOR]
Wanamaker,
Boyce P., DVM, MS; Lockett Massey, Kathy, LVMT
[BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA]
ISBN: 978-1-4160-5633-1, NLM: SF 915, 481 pages, soft cover.
[DOODY'S NOTES]
[REVIEWER'S EXPERT OPINION]
Levent Dirikolu, DVM, MVSc, PhD(University of Illinois College of Veterinary
Medicine)
**Description**
This book provides very useful and easy to understand pharmacological information for veterinary
technicians. The previous edition was published in 2004.
**Purpose**
It is intended to help veterinary technicians and students
become familiar with the pharmacological agents, their uses, side effects, and dosage forms.
**Audience**
The author targets
veterinary technicians in both large and small animal practice, but it appears that most of the chapters are geared toward veterinary
technicians in small animal practice.
**Features**
The book covers all the classes of drugs used in veterinary medicine, their
dosage forms, side effects that can be associated with the usage of each class in different animal species (primarily small animals),
drug sources, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and the drug development and approval process. The subjects that are well covered in
the book include practical dosage calculations in pharmacology, dosage forms, and drugs used in gastrointestinal system disorders. Among
the strong features of this book are a variety of available innovative student resource features, including drug administration videos,
drug calculators, drug label image collection, animations for drug distributions across cell membrane and drug-receptor interactions,
etc. There are some major shortcomings as well. There is very little information about the usage and side effects that can be associated
with commonly used drugs in veterinary medicine. The book could provide more information on specific side effects, not just side effects
in general. For certain classes of drugs that are not approved to be used in veterinary medicine, the package insert is recommended as
a source of more information about the side effects that can be associated with usage in veterinary patients. If the drug is not approved
for animals, there won't be any information about the veterinary application of the particular drug in package insert (example diazepam).
Definitions of certain terminologies used in the book are not that clear. For example, the degree to which a drug is absorbed and reaches
the general circulation is called bioavailability. This can be more easily defined as: "the fraction of the dose that reaches the systemic
circulation unchanged is called bioavailability."
**Assessment**
Certainly, this fourth edition is justified. New drugs are
introduced into the market almost on a daily basis and, therefore, updated information regarding these new drugs and their usage in practice
is essential for veterinary technicians. This edition also provides additional student resources.
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Numerical Score: 94 - 4 Stars!
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