Drugs Acting on Growth Hormone

Question 1

What is the other name of Growth Hormone?

Answer 1

Somatotropin

Question 2

What is the hunger hormone in the body?

Answer 2

Ghrelin

Question 3

Which cells secrete Ghrelin?

Answer 3

Stomach cells

Question 4

What effect does Growth Hormone has on fat cells?

Answer 4

Breakdown of Triglycerides

Question 5

What action does growth hormone has on liver?

Answer 5

Secretion of Insulin like Growth Factor (Somatomedins)

Question 6

What effect does Somatomedins have on our body?

Answer 6

Stimulate proliferation of cartilage cells that results in bone and muscle growth

Question 7

What is the treatment used in Dwarfism or Growth retardation?

Answer 7

Synthetic Somatotropin

Question 8

What is the treatment used in growth failure & severe IGF-1 deficiency?

Answer 8

Mecasermin (Recombinant Human IGF-1 product)

Question 9

In what other conditions Somatotropin is give?

Answer 9

HIV with Cachexia (bone and muscle loss)

Question 10

In what conditions is the Somatotropin containdicated?

Answer 10

Closed epiphyses in pediatrics, patients with diabetic retinopathy, obese patients with Prader Willi Syndrome

Question 11

What is a genetic disorder that causes obesity, intellectual disability and short of height?

Answer 11

Prader Willi Syndrome