Endocrine Chapter Drugs

Question 1

What are androgens?

Answer 1

Used for Growth

Question 2

Androgen drug for hereditary angioedema, and fibrotic breast disease

Answer 2

Danazol (Danocrine)

Question 3

What are androgen inhibitors?

Answer 3

They block 5 alpha receptors

Question 4

Androgen inhibitor drug for helping thinning of hair by increased DHT

Answer 4

Finasteride (Propecia)

Question 5

Alpha 1 adrenergic blockers action

Answer 5

They decrease prostate size and growth caused by BPH

Question 6

Common drug for Aloha 1 adrenergic blockers

Answer 6

Tamsulosin (Flomax)

Question 7

Androgen receptor blocker drugs

Answer 7

End in “AMIDE”

Question 8

Gonadotropin releasing hormone analogues

Answer 8

Used for prostate cancer

A drug is Goserelin (Zoladex)

Question 9

What happens when you mix viagra and nitroglycerin

Answer 9

A deadly hypotensive episode may happen

Question 10

Androgen drugs SE

Answer 10

Heart attack, liver cancer/problems, jaundice, hepatic neoplasms

Question 11

Priapism

Answer 11

Prolonged erection

Question 12

PDE inhibitors (for ED) drugs

Answer 12

End in “enafil”
Sildenafil (Viagra)

Question 13

Alpha blockers SE

Answer 13

Lower BP

Question 14

Transdermal testosterone patches

Answer 14

Place in scrotum

Question 15

Transdermal androderm patches

Answer 15

Never apply to scrotal skin!

Question 16

Where is the location of soermatogenesis

Answer 16

Seminiferous tubes

Question 17

All testosterone drugs have a Black Box warning for what?

Answer 17

Clotting! DVT PE, heart attack

Question 18

What is the MOST IMPORTANT thing to monitor with a pt on viagra

Answer 18

Cardiac monitoring