The program is designed to be completed in five semesters for Masters students in SLP (Fall-Spring-Summer Year 1; Fall-Spring Year 2) and four years for AuD students (Fall-Spring-Summer Year 1; Fall-Spring-Summer Year 2; Fall-Spring-Summer Year 3; Fall-Spring Year 4).
GENERIC NAME: oxybutynin. BRAND NAME: Ditropan (discontinued brand in the US); Ditropan XL; Oxytrol; Anturol; Gelnique. DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Oxybutynin is an oral drug that is used for treating urinary bladder spasm. Oxybutynin has a dual mechanism of action. Contraction of the smooth muscle of the bladder is stimulated by the release of acetylcholine by the nerves within the bladder and the attachment of the acetylcholine to receptors on the surface of the bladder's muscle cells.
Butorphanol Tartrate, more commonly known by the brand name Torbutrol, is a heavy-duty pain reliever. Its pain killing ability and sedation effects are similar to those of Morphine. Because it is a narcotic based drug, it is considered by the DEA, or Drug Enforcement Agency, to be a controlled substance requiring a prescription for use. Torbutrol is approved for use in cats by the FDA, or Food and Drug Administration, as well as by the DEA.