Systemic Pharmacotherapeutics of the Digestive System

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• Overview of Systemic Pharmacotherapeutics of the Digestive System

• Drugs That Affect Appetite in Monogastric Animals
  • Appetite Suppression
  • Appetite Stimulation

• Drugs Used to Control or Stimulate Vomiting in Monogastric Animals
  • Neurotransmitters Involved in Emesis
    • Afferent Pathways for Emesis
  • Emetic Drugs
  • Antiemetic Drugs

• Drugs Used to Treat Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Monogastric Animals
  • Antacids
  • Sucralfate
  • Histaminergic Receptor Antagonists
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors
  • Rebound Gastric Acid Hypersecretion
  • Misoprostol

• Drugs Used to Treat Diarrhea in Monogastric Animals
  • Mucosal Protectants and Adsorbents
  • Motility-Modifying Drugs
  • Antimicrobials
  • Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)

• Drugs Used to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Monogastric Animals
  • References

• Gastrointestinal Prokinetic Drugs Used in Monogastric Animals
  • References

• Cathartic and Laxative Drugs Used in Monogastric Animals
  • Stimulant Cathartics
  • Hyperosmotic Cathartics
  • Hydrophilic Colloids (Bulk Laxatives)
  • Lubricant Laxatives
  • Fecal Softeners (Surfactants)

• Drugs That Affect Digestive Functions in Monogastric Animals

• The Ruminant Digestive System

• Drugs for Specific Purposes in the Ruminant Digestive System
  • Drugs for Esophageal Obstruction
  • Ruminotorics
  • Ruminal Transfaunate
  • Antifoaming Agents
  • Ruminoreticular Antacids
  • Abomasal Antiulcer Agents
  • Ruminoreticular Acidifying Agents
  • Modulators of Ruminoreticular Motility
  • References

• Modification of the Rumen Microbiome

• Drug Disposition in the Ruminoreticulum