Corticotropin and Cosyntropin
When do you use anterior pituitary drugs?
signs and symptoms of adrenal insufficiency; used for diagnostic purposes
What are Octreotide, somastatin and somatropin?
Human growth hormone (HGH)
What are the indications for taking a Somatropin?
-Pediatric and Adult growth hormone deficiency -non-growth-hormone deficiency -Prader Willis Syndrome -HIV wasting
What are adverse effects of Somatropin?
HyperglycemiaNeutralizing antidodies Fatality with Prader Willis Syndrome Glucocorticoids
What are contraindications of taking Somatropin?
Glucocorticoids- suppresses growth
What is a nursing consideration of somatropin?
if patient is diabetic check blood glucose; it decreases glucose utilization
When do you take octreotide?
with increased levels of HGH
What are the indications for taking octreotide?
Acromegaly
What color is octreotide?
clear
What does octreotide do?
suppresses HGH in the pituitary
What does antidiuretic hormone do in the body?
reabsorbs water in the body
With Diabetes insipidus what happens in the body?
excess dilute urine output, decrease ADH
What are indications to take
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