Epinephrine: Medication Hormone

Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, is a medication hormone and neurotransmitter. This medication is used for a few conditions such as anaphylaxis, cardiac arrest and superficial. Epinephrine also releases a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands that increases rates of blood circulation, breathing, and carbohydrate metabolism and prepares muscles for exertion. this is known as adrenaline. Adrenaline is produced and released from the adrenal glands and its major action, together with noradrenaline, is to prepare the body for fight or flight modes. Adrenaline targets various organs, mainly the Heart, Blood vessels, Smooth muscles, the eye, skeletal muscles, central nervous system and the metabolic actions. Adrenaline or epinephrine is a hormone and a neurotransmitter produced by the adrenal glands that tacks part in the sympathetic nervous system's fight or flight response to situations that are high-stress, dangerous and/or physically …show more content…
Overproduction of adrenaline is very rare. Too much adrenaline can be caused by a couple of things, including a rare tumour of the adrenal medulla. The symptoms may include rapid heart beat, high blood pressure, anxiety, weight loss, excessive sweating and palpitations. Suffering from not enough adrenaline is very unusual. Among other things, it would end in an inability to prepare the body for action in response to a stressful or physically hard situation. Adrenal insufficiency is a life threatening long term illness. An active and healthy lifestyle with normal life expectancy is possible as long as the prescribed medications are taken regularly and adjusted when indicated. As with most long term diseases, adrenal insufficiency demands that the patients take responsibility and develop self-management skills and