Understanding Pharmacology Essentials for Medication Safety – Midterm Exam 2024| CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Understanding Pharmacology Essentials for Medication Safety – Midterm Exam 2024| CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Thyroid Horomone Agonist Drug Side Effrcts - ANSWER Few side effects, usually only occurs when there is an overdose-symptoms of hyperthyroudism Thyroid Horomone Agonists - ANSWER Drugs that mimic the effect of thyroid horomones T3 and T4, helping to regulate metabolism. Signs And Symptoms of Hypothyroidism - ANSWER Slow heart rate, respitory rate, and speaks slowly. Thickened, waxy-feeling skin, weight gain, thinks slowly, edema of the face, lethargic, thinks slowly. Hypothyroidism in Children - ANSWER Excess facial and body hair, mental retardation, poor eater, protruding tongue, short stature, sleeps excessively. Goiter - ANSWER Distinct swelling in the neck. can be present with both underactive and over active thyroid. Myxedema - ANSWER Severe type of hypothyroidism, and requires immediate medical attention. Metabolism - ANSWER All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism, or the energy use of each cell and the amount of work performed in the body. Thyroid Gland - ANSWER Endocrine gland located in the front of the neck just below the Adam's apple. It produces 2 horomones: thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) Aldosterone - ANSWER Mineral corticoid horomone secreted by the adrenal cortex that regulates sodium and water balance. Corticosteroids - ANSWER Drugs similar to natural cortisol. Cortisol - ANSWER Horomone secreted by the adrenal cortex, that is essential for life. Adverse Effects - Thyroid horomone agonists - ANSWER Increased activity of the cardiac and nervous systems. Cardiac - can overwork the heart, and lead to angina pain, a heart attack, and heart failure. Nervous - can lead to seizures. (can occur in patient taking high doses, more likely in some w/seizures). Enhances the action of anticoagulants. Signs and Symptoms of Hyperthyroidism - ANSWER Diarrhea, insomnia, heartbeat irregularities, tachy, weight loss. Side Effects - Thyroid Suppressing Drugs - ANSWER Rash, nausea, headache, muscle aches, loss of taste sensation, swelling of feet and ankles, lymph node enlargement. Adverse Effects - Thyroid-suppressing - ANSWER Bone marrow suppresion (decreases amt. of blood cells)more prone to infrction, increased risk of anemia. Hepatotoxic, Kidney damage (less often), enhance the action of anticoagulants. Common Thyroid-Suppressing Drugs - ANSWER Methimazole is 10x stronger than propylthiouracil.