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SIADH
pituitray gland, ch 18, therapeutic agents for the endocrine system, pharm tech
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion | SIADH; disease of the posterior pituitary gland characterized by inappropriately high levels of secretion of ADH (increase in vassopressin) |
| ADH | produced in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary gland and released into the bloodstream when needed |
| symptoms | increases in body water due to increased water reabsorption by the kidneys, which also leads to hypnotremia |
| hypnotremia | low sodium levels |
| Declomycin | demeclocycline |
| mechanism of action for Declomycin / demecycline | causes the renal tubules to develop resistance to antidiuretic hormone |
| Pituitary gland hormones | Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); antidiuretic hormone (ADH); follicle stimulating hormone (FSH); growth hormone (GH); luteining hormone (LH), oxytocin; thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) |