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PT6,Unit3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DESSICATED THYROID | ARMOUR THYROID |
| LEVOTHYROXINE (T4) | SYNTHROID, LEVOTHROID, LEVOXYL, LEVO-T |
| LEVOTHYROXINE | SYNTHROID |
| LIOTHYRONINE (T3) | CYTOMEL |
| LIOTHYRONINE | TRIOSTAT |
| LIOTRIX (T3 AND T4 COMBO) | THYROLAR |
| THYROTROPIN (TSH)(DIAGNOSTIC AGENT) | THYTROPAR |
| PROTIRELIN(DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR THYROID FUNCTION) | RELEFACT TRH, THYPINONE |
| PROPYLTHIOURACIL (PTU) | PROPYLTHIOURACIL |
| METHIMAZOLE | TAPAZOLE |
| IODINE AND POT IODIDE SOLUTION | STRONG IODINE (LUGOL'S) SOLUTION, SSKI |
| RADIOACTIVE I 131 (SODIUM IODINE) | IODOTOPE |
| ERGOCALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D2) | DRISDOL, DRISDOL, CALCIFEROL, CALCIFEROL |
| CALCITRIOL | ROCALTROL, CALCIJEX |
| DIHYDROTACHYSTEROL (DHT) | HYTAKEROL, DHT |
| CALCITONIN (SALMON) | MIACALCIN, CALCIMAR |
| ETIDRONATE DISODIUM | DIDRONEL |
| PAMIDRONATE | AREDIA |
| PHOSPHORUS (ORAL) | NEUTRA-PHOS (OTC), (POT PHOS/SOD PHOS) |
| PHOSPHATE (INJ) | POT PHOSPHATE |
| ZOLEDRONIC ACID | ZOMETA |
| CALCIUM CARBONATE (OTC) | OSCAL 500, TUMS |
| CALCIUM + VITAMIN D (OTC) | OSCAL 250 + D, OSCAL 500 + D |
| CALCIUM GLUCONATE (OTC) | CALCIUM GLUCONATE |
| CALCIUM LACTATE (OTC) | CALCIUM LACTATE |
| CALCIUM ACETATE (RX) | PHOSLO |
| CALCIUM CITRATE (OTC) | CITRACAL |
| REGULAR INSULIN (PORK, BEEF) | REGULAR IIETIN I |
| REGULAR INSULIN (PORK) | REG IIETIN II |
| ISOPHANE INSULIN SUSPENSION (BEEF & PORK NPH) | NPH IIETIN I |
| INSULIN ZINC SUSP. (BEEF & PORK) | LENTE IIETIN I |
| REGULAR INSULIN | HUMULIN R, NOVOLIN R, NOVOLIN R PENFILL |
| NPH INSULIN | HUMLIN N, NOVOLIN N |
| LENTE INSULIN | HUMULIN L, NOVOLIN L |
| ISOPHANE + REGULAR INSULIN | HUMULIN 70/30, NOVOLIN 70/30, HUMULIN 50/50 |
| ULTRALENTE INSULIN (EXTENDED) | HUMULIN ULTRALENTE |
| (RAPID-ACTING) LISPRO, HUMAN | HUMALOG |
| (LONG-ACTING) GLARGINE, HUMAN | LANTUS |
| TOLBUTAMIDE | ORINASE |
| CHLORPROPAMIDE | DIABINESE |
| TOLAZAMIDE | TOLINASE |
| GLYBURIDE | MICRONASE, DIABETA, GLYNASE PRES TAB |
| GLIPIZIDE | GLUCOTROL, GLUCOTROL XL |
| GLIMEPIRIDE | AMARYL |
| METFORMIN | GLUCOPHAGE, GLUCOPHAGE XR |
| ACARBOSE | PRECOSE |
| ROSIGLITAZONE | AVANDIA |
| PIOGLITAZONE | ACTOS |
| REPAGLINIDE | PRANDIN |
| GLYBURIDE/METFORMIN | GLUCOVANCE |
| GLUCAGON | GLUCAGON |
| GLUCOSE | GLUTOSE(OTC), INSTA-GLUCOSE(OTC), B-D GLUCOSE(OTC) |
| DIAZOXIDE | PROGLYCEM (RX) |
| URINE KETONES | CHEMSTRIP UGK, KETOSTIX, KETO-DIASTIX |
| URINE GLUCOSE | CHEMSTRIP 6, CLINITEST, CLINISTIX, DIASTIX, KETO-DIASTIX |
| BLOOD GLUCOSE | CHEMSTRIP BG, DEXTROSTIX, GLUCOMETER, ACCU-CHEK ADVANTAGE, ONE TOUCH, DIASCAN, FIRST CHOICE |
| ALENDRONATE SODIUM | FOSAMAX |
| RALOXIFENE | EVISTA |
| CALCITONIN, SALMON (CALCIMAR, MIACALCIN) | REDUCE HYPERCALCEMIA, PAGET'S DISEASE, POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS |
| CALCIUM CHLORIDE | INCREASE SERUM CALCIUM |
| CALCIUM GLUCONATE | INCREASE SERUM CALCIUM |
| CALCIUM LACTATE | INCREASE SERUM CALCIUM |
| ALENDRONATE (FOSAMAX) | OSTEOPOROSIS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN |
| ETIDRONATE DISODIUM (DIDRONEL) | PAGET'S DISEASE |
| PAMIDRONATE (AREDIA) | HYPERCALCEMIA OF MALIGNANCY, OSTEOLYTIC BONE METASTASES, PAGET'S DISEASE, MULTIPLE MYELOMA |
| TILUDRONATE (SKELID) | PAGET'S DISEASE |
| RISEDRONATE (ACTONEL) | OSTEOPOROSIS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, PAGET'S DISEASE |
| ERGOCALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D2) | INCREASE SERUM CALCIUM |
| DIHYDROTACHYSTEROL (HYTAKEROL) | INCREASE SERUM CALCIUM |
| EDEMA | CONDITION IN WHICH THE BODY TISSUES CONTAIN EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF FLUID |
| ENDOCRINOLOGIST | PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE TREATMENT OF ENDOCRINE GLANDS, INCLUDING DIABETES |
| ENDOCRINOLOGY | STUDY OF DISEASES AND CONDITIONS OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS |
| EXOPHTHALMOS | CONDITION IN WHICH THE EYEBALLS PROTRUDE, SUCH AS IN GRAVES DISEASE. THIS IS GENERALLY CAUSED BY AN OVERPRODUCTION OF THYROID HORMONE |
| GLYCOSURIA | PRESENCE OF AN EXCESS OF SUGAR IN THE URINE |
| HIRSUTISM | CONDITION OF HAVING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF HAIR. TERM GENERALLY USED TO DESCRIBE FEMALES WHO HAVE THE ADULT MALE PATTERN OF HAIR GROWTH. CAN BE THE RESULT OF A HORMONAL IMBALANCE. |
| HYPERCALCEMIA | CONDITION OF HAVING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD |
| HYPERGLYCEMIA | HAVING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF GLUCOSE (SUGAR) IN THE BLOOD |
| HYPERKALEMIA | CONDITION OF HAVING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF POTASSIUM IN THE BLOOD |
| METABOLISM | SUM OF ALL CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE BODY |
| OBESITY | HAVING AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF FAT IN THE BODY |
| ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENT | MEDICATION TAKEN BY MOUTH THAT CAUSES A DECREASE IN BLOOD SUGAR. THIS IS NOT USED FOR INSULIN-DEPENDENT PATIENTS. THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THIS MEDICATION WILL PREVENT THE LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS |
| POLYDIPSIA | CONDITION OF HAVING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF THIRST, SUCH AS IN DIABETES |
| POLYURIA | CONDITION OF HAVING EXCESSIVE URINE PRODUCTION. THIS CAN BE A SYMPTOM OF DISEASE CONDITIONS SUCH AS DIABETES |
| SYNDROME | GROUP OF SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS THAT, WHEN COMBINED, PRESENT A CLINICAL PICTURE OF A DISEASE OR CONDITION |
| DIABETES INSIPIDUS (DI) | DISORDER CAUSED BY THE INADEQUATE SECRETION OF A HORMONE BY THE POSTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND. THERE MAY BE POLYURIA AND POLYDIPSIA. THIS IS MORE COMMON IN THE YOUNG |
| DIABETES MELLITUS (DM) | CHRONIC DISORDER OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM THAT RESULTS IN HYPERGLYCEMIA AND GLYCOSURIA. THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT FORMS OF DIABETES MELLITUS: INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS (IDDM) OR TYPE I, AND NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS(NIDDM) OR TYPE 2 |
| DIABETIC RETINOPATHY | SECONDARY COMPLICATION OF DIABETES THAT AFFECTS THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE RETINA, RESULTING IN VISUAL CHANGES AND EVEN BLINDNESS |
| DWARFISM | CONDITION OF BEING ABNORMALLY SMALL. IT MAY BE THE RESULT OF A HEREDITARY CONDITION OR AN ENDOCRINE DYSFUNCTION |
| GIGANTISM | EXCESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BODY DUE TO THE OVERPRODUCTION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE BY THE PITUITARY GLAND. THE OPPOSITE OF DWARFISM |
| GOITER | ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID GLAND |
| GRAVES DISEASE | CONDITION NAMED FOR ROBERT GRAVES, AN IRISH PHYSICIAN, THAT RESULTS IN OVERACTIVITY OF THE THYROID GLAND AND CAN CAUSE A CRISIS SITUATION. ALSO CALLED HYPERTHYROIDISM |
| HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE | CHRONIC FORM OF THYROIDITIS, NAMED FOR A JAPANESE SURGEON |
| HYPERTHYROIDISM | CONDITION THAT RESULTS FROM OVERACTIVITY OF THE THYROID GLAND AND CAN CAUSE A CRISIS SITUATION. ALSO CALLED GRAVES DISEASE |
| HYPOTHYROIDISM | RESULT OF A DEFICIENCY IN SECRETION BY THE THYROID GLAND. THIS RESULTS IN A LOWERED BASAL METABOLISM RATE WITH OBESITY, DRY SKIN, SLOW PULSE, LOW BLOOD PRESSURE, SLUGGISHNESS, AND GOITER. TREATMENT IS REPLACEMENT WITH SYNTHETIC THYROID HORMONES |
| INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS | ALSO CALLED TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS. IT DEVELOPS EARLY IN LIFE WHEN THE PANCREAS STOPS INSULIN PRODUCTION. PERSONS WITH IDDM MUST TAKE DAILY INSULIN INJECTIONS |
| KETOACIDOSIS | ACIDOSIS DUE TO AN EXCESS OF KETONE BODIES (WASTE PRODUCTS). A SERIOUS CONDITION REQUIRING IMMEDIATE TREATMENT THAT CAN RESULT IN DEATH FOR THE DIABETIC PATIENT IF NOT REVERSED |
| MYASTHENIA GRAVIS | CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS GREAT MUSCULAR WEAKNESS AND PROGRESSIVE FATIGUE. THERE MAY BE DIFFICULTY IN CHEWING AND SWALLOWING, AND DROOPING EYELIDS. IF A THYMOMA IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, IT CAN BE TREATED BY REMOVAL OF THE THYMUS GLAND |
| MYXEDEMA | CONDITION RESULTING FROM A HYPOFUNCTIN OF THE THYROID GLAND. SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE ANEMIA, SLOW SPEECH, ENLARGED TONGUE AND FACIAL FEATURES, EDEMATOUS SKIN, DROWSINESS, AND MENTAL APATHY |
| NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS | ALSO CALLED TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS. IT DEVELOPS LATER IN LIFE WHEN THE PANCREAS PRODUCES INSUFFICIENT INSULIN. PERSONS MAY TAKE ORAL HYPOGLYCEMICS TO STIMULATE INSULIN SECRETION, OR MAY EVENTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE INSULIN |
| THYROTOXICOSIS | CONDITION THAT RESULTS FROM OVERPRODUCTION OF THE THYROID GLAND. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE A RAPID HEART ACTION, TREMORS, ENLARGED THYROID GLAND, EXOPHTHALMOS, AND WEIGHT LOSS |
| VON RECKLINGHAUSEN'S DISEASE | EXCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE, WHICH RESULTS IN DEGENERATION OF THE BONES. NAMED FOR FRIEDRICH VON RECKLINGHAUSEN, A GERMAN HISTOLOGIST |