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Pharmacology - C18
Endocrine System Medications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The endocrine system sends messages throughout the body by _____? | Secreting Hormones |
| What is known as the MASTER GLAND? | Pituitary Gland |
| What is the Pituitary Gland known as the MASTER GLAND | Because it secretes most of the bodys hormones |
| They Hypothalmus is the bodys ______? | SWITCHBOARD |
| What does the Hypothalmus tell the Pituitary Gland to do? | What hormones to send out to the body |
| When a hormone level becomes TO HIGH, the body tells the hypothalmus, wich in turns tells the Pituitary Gland TO STOP, What is this called? | Negative Feed Back |
| What is the Pineal Gland | A small gland found in the brain |
| What does the Pineal Gland secrete? | Melatonin |
| What does MELATONIN aid in? | SLEEPing |
| What does the THYROID GLAND DO? | Cues INDIVIDUAL GLANDS TO WORK |
| What is know as THE ON SWITCH of the body? | The Thyroid |
| What hormones does the THYROID PRODUCE? | T3 and T4 |
| A decrease prodcution in T3 and T4 is known as what? | HYPOTHYROIDISIM |
| Hypothyroidism can lead to skin and tissue disorders called what? | Myxedema |
| In hypothyroidism utero can lead to what? | Cretinism |
| What is CRETINISM? | A CONGENTIAL condition caused by a lack of thryroid hormones |
| What is HYPERTHYROIDISM? | Hyperactive thyroid...DUUU |
| What disease can HYPERTHYROIDISM lead to? | GRAVES DISEASE |
| What is an ENLARGED THRYOID called? | Goiter |
| What ORGAN does PROLACTIN EFFECT | It stimulates milk production in the mammary glands |
| To much prolactin can cause what | Over production of milk |
| Milk production in a non-nursing patient can be a sign of what? | Pituitary Tumor |
| To little of PROLATIC can cause what? | Underproduction of milk which can caused difficulty in nursing |
| PROLACTIN IS IN THE FRONT OR ANTERIOR of the PITUITARY GLAND | FRONT LOBE |
| What is FSH | FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE |
| FSH is in the FRONT OR ANTERIOR of the Pituitary Gland | FRONT LOBE |
| What ORGAN does FSH Target and what are the effects? | Stimulates SPERM IN MEN - EGG PRODUCTION IN WOMEN |
| To much FSH can cuase what? | Increased Fertility |
| To little FSH can cause what? | Men - Sterility and Women - Irregular or ABSENT Menese |
| What is ADH? | ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE |
| ADH is in the FRONT or BACK of the Pituitary? | BACK - POSTERIOR |
| What organ does the ADH target and what are the effects? | KIDNEYS - Conserves fluids by changing the permeability of the kidneys |
| To much ADH CAN CAUSE WHAT? | SIADH - Syndrome of Inappropriate Antiduretic Hormone - To much fluid is retained - Tx Diuretics |
| To little ADH can cause what? | Diabetes Insipidus |
| When the kidneys excrete TO MUCH FLUID what can this cause? | Dehyrdation |
| Oxytocin targets what organ and has what effect | Contracts the uterus and the milk ducts in women and in men CONTRACTS the Prostate Gland |
| To much Oxytocin can cause what? | The UTERUS or PROSTATE to rupture ( Rarely happens) |
| To LITTLE OXYTOCIN can casue what? | Labor may be slower - Milk expulsion Constricted - |
| What is the treatment for to little Oxytocin? | Pictocin (IM or IV) |
| Diabetes is a disease characterized by _____? | Hyperglycemia |
| With Diabets Type 1, destruction of the beta cells of the pancrease causes ______ ? | a decrease or lack of insulin secretion |
| With TYPE 2 diabetes, the patien is INSULIN ____ . | RESISTANT - Meaning their bodies do not respond well to insulin |
| Patients with TYPE 1 require what type of treatment? | INSULIN |
| Patients with TYPE 2 require what type of treatment? | Managed by diet or ORAL DIABETIC TABLETS |
| What are some signs of HYPERGLYCEMIA? | Increased Urination (from flushing) - Increased Thirst (cells are dehydrated) - Increased Hunger (body just flushed out its energy source). |
| What are some signs of HYPOGLYCEMIA? | Restlessness, shaky hands, lethargy, seizures and coma |
| When INSULIN IS TO HIGH and LOW BLOOD SUGAR OCCURS, what sould you do? | Give immediatly JUICE, HONEY AND HARD CANDY |
| What MIGHT ad DR Order to correct low blood glucose levels? | DEXTROSE IV or GLUCAGON IM or IV |
| Semilente has a _____ action? | SHORT |
| Semilente has an onset action of _____ hours and last ______ ? | 1-1.5 hours and 12-16 Hours |
| BOTH NPH and LENTE has a ______ action? | INTERMEDIATE |
| NPH has an onset action of ____ hours and last ____> | 1-1.5 hours and last 24 hours |
| Lente has an onset action of ____ hours and last ____ hours | 1-2.5 and last 24 hours |
| What does INTERMEDIATE ACTING INSULIN MEAN? | Insulin is mixed with soemthing that makes the body abosrb the insulin more slowly |
| What is ACTH? | Adrenocorticotropic Hormone |
| What gland secrets ACTH? | Adrenal Glands |
| When does ADDISON DISEASE OCCUR? | When the adrenal cortex does not secret enough glucocorticoid |
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