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Pharm
muscle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thyoid gland produces | calcitonin |
| What is calcitonin? | allows calcium to remain in the bone and not move into the blood. |
| Why is calcium needed for? | nerves, bones, and muscles to function properly. |
| What happens if theirs not enough calcium stored in bones? | the bones break |
| What happens if too much calcium is stored? | not enough is available for the bloodstream to deliver to the muscles |
| What the parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin do? | help keep calcium in the body in balance |
| When the parathyoid glands secrete PTH, what happends? | it pulls calcium from the bones into the bloodstream |
| What happens when the thyroid gland secrets secretes calcitonin? | puts calcium into bones |
| When the parathyroid gland secretes parathyroid hormone what happends? | increase the amount of calcium in the blood and leads to a loss of calcium in the bones |
| The thyroid and parathyroid glands work together to do what? | keep calcium levels in balance |
| What happens when the thyroid glands and parathyoid glands do not function appropriately? | abnormal calcium levels may lead to bone abnormalities |
| What is stored in the bones that affect the musculoskeletal functioning? | magnesium and potassium |
| Disorders conditions cause what? | impaired movement, pain, and damage to muscles, bones, and joints |
| Muscle disorders comprise of a range of what? | ailments |
| Muscle disorders originate where? | in the brain: cerebral palsy, stroke, and multiple sclerosis in the muscle tissue itself |
| What muscle spasms develop from? | muscle disorders and psychotropic drugs |
| What causes the patient to move uncoordinated, or spastic ways? | Injury to a muscle in the back, muscular dystrophy |
| What is used to treat a patient with dystonia? | muscle relaxants such as Flexeril (cyclobenzapine) and antispasmodics such as Skelaxin (metaxalone) |
| What two types of medication work together with the central nervous system (CNS) to inhibit the neurological activity that causes the spams or rigidity? | Flexeril (cyclobenzapine) and Skelaxin (metaxalone) |
| What is used for chronic low bock pain. | Cymbalta (duloxetine) |
| The Cymbalta (duloxetine)drug is a what? | antidepressant |
| Cymbalta help the patient do what? | decrease the stress felt in chronic aback pain and help patients live more productive, mobile lives |
| Botulinum toxin type A | is a toxic substance derived from the bacteruim clostridium botulinum |
| High doses of Botulinum toxin causes what? | Food poisoning (botulism) |
| Low dosage of Botulinum toxin causes what? | it acts acts as an effective muscle relaxant by blocking acetylcholine release and thus paralyzing the muscle |
| Botox Cosmetic is use to what? | reduce wrinkles associated with aging. |
| Botox | is used to treat chronic migraines, limp spasticity, adnormal head position and neck pain (cervical dystonia) |
| Botulinum toxin causes pain, it is usually administered with what? | local anesthetic |
| Myathenia gravis | is progressive, autoimmune disease of skeletal muscle fatgue and weakness that is caused by loss of acetylcholine receptors, basically a breakdown in communication between the nerves and the muscles. |
| Fibromyalgia | Is a disorder of chronic pain in muscles and the soft tissue surrounding joints |
| What are the treatments for Fibromyalgia? | physical therapy, antidepressants, anti-inflammatory medications, trigger point injections, and narcotic analgesics |
| Patients with hydrocalcemia may be given what? | calcitonin (Miacalcin) |
| calcitonin (Miacalcin) is available as a | nasal spray or injectable form |
| Calcitonin can come from what? | humans or fish such as salmon |
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