ENDOCRINE DRUGS

Question 1

Agents directed to a malfunctioning endocrine path. Several agents are secreted in or target the nervous system, and are thus more prone to cause neurologic adverse events (AEs).

Answer 1

ENDOCRINE DRUGS

Question 2

A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or organs.

Answer 2

HORMONES

Question 3

3 COMMON TYPES OF HORMONES

Answer 3

PEPTIDE HORMONES
STEROID HORMONES
AMINE HORMONES

Question 4

It is called from proteins and it has a amine acids containing

Answer 4

PEPTIDE HORMONES

Question 5

A group of substances derived from cholesterol which exert a wide range of effects on processes such as growth, metabolism, and sexual differentiation.

Answer 5

STEROID HORMONES

Question 6

Collection of amino acids and some other protein chain

Answer 6

AMINE HORMONES

Question 7

Stimulate growth in tissue and bone

Answer 7

GROWTH HORMONE

Question 8

A peptide drug used to treat acromegaly as well as diarrhea associated with metastatic carcinoid tumors and vasoactive intestinal peptide secreting tumors.

Answer 8

SOMATOSTATIN AGONISTS

Question 9

Used to initiate labor, promote delivery of placenta and control post-partum hemorrhage

Answer 9

OXYTOCIN

Question 10

ssIncrease the availability of glucose and potent immunosuppressants used to prevent organ-transplant rejection and also used to promote lung maturation in premature infants

Answer 10

GLUCOCORTICOIDS