Endocrine Drugs Flashcards
What is Endocrine System?
Hormones that are secreted by glands control bodily functions like cell growth, reproduction, and metabolism.
What is Endocrine Drugs?
Work by substituting hormones and their effects
Hypoglycemia
Low blood sugar
Exocrine hormones- digestive enzymes (amylase, lipase)
endocrine hormones- insulin
Pancreas
Insulin
Reduces blood glucose by transferring glucose from the blood into the tissue. Necessary for cells to obtain energy helps the liver and fat store glucose
Hyperglycemia
High blood sugar
What is Thyroid Gland?
Regulates metabolism rate
What is diabetes?
Compared to dogs, cats have less predictable insulin requirements.
can be brought under control with diet or insulin between type 1 and type 2 when necessary occasionally can be controlled by diet alone.
Types of Insulin
Action’s commencement and duration varies depending on the person kind of origin
Keep in fridge
Roll lightly between fingers to resuspend
Typically given SQ in the neck or flank
Give on alternate sides
Give on a consistent schedule
Give relative to meals
Insulin Administration
What is progesterone
A hormone produced by the ovaries which act with estrogen to bring about the menstrual cycle.
What are the signs of hypothyroidism?
Decreased BMR
Seizures
Weight gain
Heat-seeking
Lethargy
Poor coat quality and alopecia
Anemia
Bradycardia
Hypothyroid Drugs
Levothyroxine
Lothyronine
Menstruation and metabolic function are treated using drugs used in women’s HRT.
Conjugated Estrogens
What is oxytocin
A medication that induces uterine contractions
