Hydrocortisone Flashcards
1
Q
What is Hydrocortisone?
A
A corticosteroid.
2
Q
What is the primary action of Hydrocortisone?
A
It down regulates the late phase of inflammatory responses.
3
Q
What does it upregulates?
A
Beta 2 receptors.
4
Q
What to corticosteriods represent?
A
They represent life saving therapy when anti-inflammatory effects are needed.
5
Q
How does Hydrocortisone work?
A
A steriod molecule diffuses across cell membranes and binds with glucocorticoid receptors.
They then chaperone the corticosteroid molecule in a receptor- glucocorticoid complex into the cell nucles.
