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Behavioral Medication
Medications prescribed by veterinarians to manage anxiety, fear, aggression, and compulsive disorders in pets. Not meant to sedate or change personality — they reduce anxiety to allow behavior modification to work.
Key Facts
- Goal: decrease reaction intensity, frequency, and recovery time
- Two categories: daily medications and rapid-acting (event-based) medications
- Daily medications (SSRIs, TCAs) take 4-6 weeks to reach full effect
- Rapid-acting medications work in 30 minutes to 2 hours
- Common daily medications: fluoxetine (Prozac), clomipramine (Clomicalm)
- Common rapid-acting: gabapentin, benzodiazepines (alprazolam, diazepam)
- Buspirone: ~75% effective for urine marking in cats
- Most common side effect: decreased appetite; also possible vomiting, diarrhea, drowsiness
- Never use acepromazine (ACP) for noise/fear — increases noise sensitivity
- Medication alone does not fix behavior — must combine with behavior modification
- Some pets need medication for life; others can be weaned off after 6-8 months
- Blood work recommended before starting long-term medications
ความเชื่อมโยง (10)
โรคที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Anxietyโรค
— primary indication for behavioral medications
Fear Aggressionโรค
— medication reduces anxiety driving aggression
House Soilingโรค
— fluoxetine and clomipramine effective for urine marking
Noise Phobiaโรค
— rapid-acting medications for predictable noise events
Psychogenic Alopeciaโรค
— SSRIs/TCAs for compulsive overgrooming
Serotonin Syndromeโรค
Serotonergic drugs used for anxiety can cause this if combined improperly
Territorial Markingโรค
— SSRIs effective for persistent marking