List of veterinary drugs
A list of drugs used in veterinary medicine.
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- Acepromazine – Neuroleptic drug related to chlorpromazine used as a sedative and antiemetic.
- Amitraz – Antiparasitic used to control ticks, mites, lice and other animal pests. Cannot be used on horses.
- Amitryptyline – Tricyclic antidepressant used to treat separation anxiety, excessive grooming and spraying in dogs and cats.
- Amoxicillin – Antibiotic indicated for susceptible gram positive and gram negative infections. Ineffective against species that produce beta-lactamase.
- Artificial tears – lubricant eye drops used to treat keratoconjunctivitis sicca
- Atipamezole – alpha2-adrenergic antagonist used to reverse the sedative and analgesic effects of dexmedetomidine and medetomidine in dogs.
- Benazepril – ACE-inhibitor used in heart failure, hypertension, chronic renal failure and protein-losing nephropathy.
- Boldenone – anabolic steroid for treatment of horses.
- Buprenorphine – narcotic for pain relief in cats after surgery
- Butorphanol – narcotic for pain relief in horses
- Carprofen – COX-2 selective NSAID used to relieve pain and inflammation in dogs. Annedotal reports of severe GI effects in cats.
- Cefovecin – Cephalosporin-class antibiotic used to treat skin infections in dogs and cats.
- Cephalexin – Particularly useful for susceptible Staphylococcus infections.
- Chloramphenicol – Particularly Useful for Anaerobic Bacterial Infections, both Gram (+) and (-). Crosses blood brain barrier, useful in treatment of meningitis
- Cimetidine – Used to reduce GI acid production aids in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers as well as esophageal reflux. --- Newer agents may be more appropriate as they have a longer duration of action, and fewer drug interactions (i.e. ranididine, famotidine, omeprazole).
- Clamoxyquine – antiparasitic to treat salmonids for infection with the myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis.
- Clavulanic acid – Adjunct to penicillin-derived antibiotics used to overcome resistance in bacteria that secrete beta-lactamase.
- Clenbuterol – decongestant and bronchodilator used for the treatment of recurrent airway obstruction in horses
- Clindamycin Hydrochloride – Most aerobic gram positive cocci (not Strep faecalis), Corynebacterium diptheriae, Nocardia asteroides, Erysepelothrix, Toxoplasma, and Mycoplama. Anaerobic bacteria susceptible: Clostridium perfringins, C. Tetani, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Actinomyces. Particular use in dental infections.
- Clomipramine Hydrochloride – Primarily in dogs: Obsessive-compulsive disorders, dominance aggression and anxiety., may be useful in spraying cats
- Deracoxib – Post operative pain management and osteoarthritis. --- Interest in use as adjunctive treatment to transitional cell carcinoma
- Dexamethasone – Antiinflammatory, Diagnostic tool for Cushings (Low and high Dose Dex. Suppression test)
- Diazepam – Benzodiazepine used to treat status epilepticus, also used as a preanesthetic and a sedative.
- Dichlorophene – fungicide, germicide, and antimicrobial agent used for the removal of parasites such as ascarids, hookworms, and tapeworms from cats and dogs
- Enrofloxacin – Broad spectrum antibiotic (gram positive and gram negatives) -- not recommended for streptococci, or anaerobic bacteria
- Equine chorionic gonadotropin – gonadotropic hormone used to induce ovulation in livestock prior to artificial insemination
- Flunixin – NSAID used as an analgesic and antipyretic in horses.
- Furosemide – diuretic used to prevent exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage in horses
- Hydromorphone – analgesia, premed
- Isoxsuprine – vasodilator used for laminitis and navicular disease in horses
- Ivermectin – a broad-spectrum antiparasitic used in horses and dogs
- Ketamine – anesthetic and tranquilizer in cats, dogs, horses, and other animals
- Ketoprofen – non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)
- Lufenuron – insecticide used for flea control
- Marbofloxacin – antibiotic
- Maropitant – Antiemetic
- Medetomidine – surgical anesthetic and analgesic
- Meloxicam – non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)
- Metoclopramide Hydrochloride – Potent antiemetic, secondarily as a prokinetic.
- Metronidazole – Highly effective against anaerobic bacteria. Has good activity against protozoa, but Fenbendazole may be a better choice. (more effective, less side effects)
- Milbemycin oxime – a broad spectrum antiparasitic used as an anthelmintic, insecticide and miticide
- Mirtazapine – antiemetic and appetite stimulant in cats and dogs
- Neomycin –
- Nitenpyram – insecticide
- Nitroscanate – Anthelmintic used to treat Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina, Ancylostoma caninum, Uncinaria stenocephalia, Taenia, and Dipylidium caninum (roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms).
- Nystatin –
- Ofloxacin –
- Oxibendazole – anthelmintic
- Pentobarbital – Humane euthanasia of animals not to be used for food
- Phenobarbital – Antiseizure medication
- Phenylbutazone – non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)
- Pirlimycin – antimicrobial
- Ponazuril – anticoccidial
- Praziquantel – Treatment of Dipylidium caninum, Taenia pisiformis, Echinococcus granulosis
- Prednisone –
- Pyrantel Pamoate – Effective against ascarids, hookworms and stomach worms.
- Selamectin –
- Sentinel Flavor Tabs – antiparasitic
- Sucralfate – NSAID associated ulcers - coats existing ulcers, but probably not useful in prevention.
- Synulox – antibiotic
- Theophylline – Brochospasm and cardiogenic edema
- Thiostrepton –
- Thiabendazole –
- Triamcinolone acetonide –
- Trilostane – Canine Cushing's
- Tylosin – antibiotic