PHCP - ENDOCRINE Flashcards
responsible for normalized growth
Thyroid
Main component of Thyroid
Iodine
responsible for bone regulation - calcium
Calcitonin
Ratio of T4:T3
13:1
is an effective means of rejecting the large quantities of iodide and therefore preventing the thyroid from synthesizing large quantities of thyroid hormones.
Wolff-Chaikoff effect
Thioamides example
PTU, methimazole
MIT + DIT =
T3
DIT + DIT
T4
process where T4 is converted to T3
DEIONIZATION
Enzyme involved in DEIONIZATION
5’ deiodinase
Oncogene fam Includes
steroid hormones receptor
T_ resp for metabolism
T3
Disease associated with Hyperthyroidism
Grave’s disease
Disease associated with Hypothyroidism
Hashimoto Disease
Hypothyroidism
Adult Disease
Mixed edema
Hypothyroidism
Infant Disease
Cretinism
Used for Thyrotoxicosis
Propylthiouracil (PTU)
Methimazole
Methimazole is __x more potent than Propylthiouracil
10x
DOC for Thyrotoxicosis in Adult and Children
Methimazole
ADR of Methimazole
cholestatic jaundice
PTU black box warning:
severe hepatitis