Endocrine Drugs Flashcards
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Usually called for or coming from proteins, it has amino acids.
Peptide Hormones
The collection of amino acids and some other protein chains.
Amine Hormones
Its hormone was derived from fat.
Steroid Hormones
What is the effect of the gland’s or tissue’s posterior pituitary?
a. Inhibits urine production; vasoconstriction
b. Increased secretion of IGF-I promotes bone and muscle growth
c. Regulation of metabolic rate and promotion of body growth
d. Regulates the body’s sodium balance
e. Release of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into the blood
f. Increase in BP, blood glucose, and bronchodilation
g. Regulation of blood glucose
a. Inhibits urine production; vasoconstriction
What is the effect of the gland’s or tissue’s thyroid?
a. Inhibits urine production; vasoconstriction
b. Increased secretion of IGF-I promotes bone and muscle growth
c. Regulation of metabolic rate and promotion of body growth
d. Regulates the body’s sodium balance
e. Release of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into the blood
f. Increase in BP, blood glucose, and bronchodilation
g. Regulation of blood glucose
c. Regulation of metabolic rate and promotion of body growth
What is the effect of the gland’s or tissue’s adrenal cortex (cortisol)?
a. Inhibits urine production; vasoconstriction
b. Increased secretion of IGF-I promotes bone and muscle growth
c. Regulation of metabolic rate and promotion of body growth
d. Regulates the body’s sodium balance
e. Release of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into the blood
f. Increase in BP, blood glucose, and bronchodilation
g. Regulation of blood glucose
e. Release of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into the blood
What is the effect of the gland’s or tissue’s pancreas?
a. Inhibits urine production; vasoconstriction
b. Increased secretion of IGF-I promotes bone and muscle growth
c. Regulation of metabolic rate and promotion of body growth
d. Regulates the body’s sodium balance
e. Release of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into the blood
f. Increase in BP, blood glucose, and bronchodilation
g. Regulation of blood glucose
g. Regulation of blood glucose
What is the effect of the gland’s or tissue’s anterior pituitary?
a. Inhibits urine production; vasoconstriction
b. Increased secretion of IGF-I promotes bone and muscle growth
c. Regulation of metabolic rate and promotion of body growth
d. Regulates the body’s sodium balance
e. Release of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into the blood
f. Increase in BP, blood glucose, and bronchodilation
g. Regulation of blood glucose
b. Increased secretion of IGF-I promotes bone and muscle growth
What is the effect of the gland’s or tissue’s adrenal cortex (aldosterone)?
a. Inhibits urine production; vasoconstriction
b. Increased secretion of IGF-I promotes bone and muscle growth
c. Regulation of metabolic rate and promotion of body growth
d. Regulates the body’s sodium balance
e. Release of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into the blood
f. Increase in BP, blood glucose, and bronchodilation
g. Regulation of blood glucose
d. Regulates the body’s sodium balance
What is the effect of the gland’s or tissue’s adrenal medulla?
a. Inhibits urine production; vasoconstriction
b. Increased secretion of IGF-I promotes bone and muscle growth
c. Regulation of metabolic rate and promotion of body growth
d. Regulates the body’s sodium balance
e. Release of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into the blood
f. Increase in BP, blood glucose, and bronchodilation
g. Regulation of blood glucose
f. Increase in BP, blood glucose, and bronchodilation
Drugs acting on the anterior pituitary gland have an adverse effect on the patient in the form of antibody formation. Choose between the following:
a. The nurse should stop the medication and find another way to solve the problem.
b. The nurse should withdraw the medication in the meantime.
a. The nurse should stop the medication and find another way to solve the problem.
Drugs acting on the anterior pituitary gland have an adverse effect called “diabetogenic,” which means that they increase glucose and ___________ it in the bloodstream.
a. Retain
b. Lose
a. Retain
The following are the adverse effects of somatostatin agonists: GI distress, constipation or diarrhea, flatulence, nausea, and acute cholecystitis. The nurse should do which of the following?
a. Take it before breakfast and consume less water in patient’s diet
b. Take it with food, add fluids to the patient’s diet, and add fiber
b. Take it with food, add fluids to the patient’s diet, and add fiber
The following are the adverse effects of oxytocin; which do not belong to this?
a. Hypersensitivity
b. Cardiovascular spasm
c. Hypotension
d. GI Distress
d. GI Distress
Why is it necessary for people who are taking immunosuppressive drugs to stay out of the crowd and not get closer to people who have coughs and colds?
a. Patients can easily get infected with illnesses
b. Patients are at risk of falling because of the effect of the medicine
a. Patients can easily get infected with illnesses
What type of medicine is glucocorticoid (cortisone, hydrocortisone)?
An anti-inflammatory medicine
Calcitonin is produced by the thyroid and aids in the regulation of ___________ and ___________.
Phosphorus and Calcium
What do you think will happen to the baby’s metabolic rate if it “crosses breast milk > caution: lactation?”
The metabolic rate of a baby can rise
Why is it necessary to be careful if the effectiveness of anticoagulants with thyroid hormone increases?
Patient might bleed out more
The category X in thyroid medication should not be given to ___________.
Pregnant Women
