Anti-inflammatories

Steroids act on which part of the inflammatory pathway?

• POX

• COX-2

• Phospholipase

• COX-12

Meloxicam is non-selective but prefers which pathway?

• Pain pathway

• POX

• COX-2

• LOX

Which clinical exam parameter will be increased due to the production of prostaglandins?

SAIDs are also referred to as?

• NSAIDs

• corticosteroids

• hormonal steroid

• medicine

What is the major endogenous glucocorticoid?

• Aldosterone

• ACTH

• Cortisol

• NSAIDs

What is the most common corticosteroid used in practice?

Mineralocorticoids are very effective anti-inflamatories

• True

• False

Why should we slowly wean patients off glucocorticoids?

Which of the following drugs would be most appropriate to treat an animal with degenerative osteoarthritis long term?

• Corticosteroids

• Nutraceuticals

• NSAIDs

• No long term treatment

Meloxicam would most likely be prescribed for which of the following conditions?

• Osteosarcoma

• Immune mediated rheumatoid arthritis

• Chronic osteoarthritis

• Bone infection