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17 Cards in this Set
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Pituitary drugs either ______ or _____ the action of endogenous pituitary hormones |
mimic antagonize |
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drugs that mimic include? |
-somatropin -cosyntropin -vasopressin -desopressin -somatrem |
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Somatropin mimics ______ hormone |
growth |
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Somatropin can cause retention of (three things) and can raise _____ |
sodium, postassium, and Ph -raise blood sugar |
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Cosyntropin can cause ____ and ____ due to ____ retention. |
edema and hypertension sodium retention |
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Cosyntropin acts as an anti..... |
inflammatory |
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What type of drugs antagonize pituitary hormones? |
Octerotides: used for specific tumors. |
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Vasopresson is a ______ hormone and can prevent diabetes ______ by _______ water-reuptake in the kidneys. Also acts as a potent ______ |
antidiuretic hormone diabetes insipidous increasing water reabsorption vasocontrictor |
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The thyroid gland acts to : |
-maintain baseline metabolic rate -maintain BP -manage growth and development -maintain body temperature |
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Somogyi phenomenon is: |
Compensatory mechanism. Low BS at night results in high BS in morning. IF patient wakes up with high BS think: what was the BS at 3am? |
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Oral hypoglycemic agents must be swallowed whole T or F? |
True |
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Oral hypoglycemics are contraindicated in? |
pregnancy DKA Diabetic coma hypersensitivity |
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Rapid onset insulin (humalog, lispro, novorapid) Onset? Peak? Duration? |
10-15 mins 30-90 mins 4-5 hours |
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Regular/fast actin insulin (Humulin-R, Novolin ge toronto Onset? Peak? Duration? |
30-60mins 2-4 hours 5-8 hours |
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Intermediate acting (cloudy): Humulin-N, Novolin ge, NPH Onset? Peak? Duration? |
1-3 hours 5-8 hours up to 18 hours |
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Extended long acting insulin: analogue clear. Lantus (glargine), levemir, detemir Should not be mixed? T or F? Onset? Peak? Duration? |
True, long acting should not be mixed. Onset is 90 mins Peak: there are none, given at bedtime once Duration: 24 hours. |
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When mixing up insulin it is important to? |
-check if the two types are compatible -draw the clear insulin up first. |
