Ch 35 Hypothalamus

What are the 2 hormones that do not have specific targets? What can't be used to regulate
- Growth hormone and prolactin
- negative feedback
What is the adrencorticotropic hormone (ACTH) for

renal/fluid volume
What is the prototype drug for the hypothalamus?

Leuprolide
What are the other drugs for the hypothalamus? And what kind are they?
- Goserelin, Histerlin, Nafarelin, Tesamorelin
- Agonist
What is Goselin used to treat?

antineoplastic specific hormone stimulated cancers
What is Histerlin used to treat?

Advanced prostate cancers
What is leuoprolide used to treat?

endometriosis, cancers, precocious puberty
What is Naferlin used to treat?

endometriosis and precocious puberty
What is tesamorelin used to treat?

HIV patients with lipodystrophy
What is the name of the anterior pit prototype?

Somatropin
What is the prototype for posterior pit hormone drugs?

Desmopressin
What do Posterior pit drugs treat?

Diabetes insipidus
What else does Desmopressin treat?

hemophilia A, Willebrands disease, and nocturnal enuresis

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Ch 35 Hypothalamus

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Ch 35

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2016-07-16T20:12:02Z