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Used to help determine the etiology of GH abnormalities
Synthetic GHRH |
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| Used in high schools to bulk up |
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Daily subcutaneous or intramuscular injections
Used for GH deficiency or panhypopituitarism
Recombinant GH |
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| Used in Prader-Willi Syndrome, Turner's Syndrome, chronic kidney disease, and short stature |
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| Laron dwarfism (GH insensitivity) |
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Synthetic, long lasting, Somatostatin
Tx: Acromegaly and Cushings, Esophageal varices and paraneoplastic tumors |
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Dopamine analogs
Adjunctive treatment of Acromegaly |
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GH analog with higher affinity, but without additional binding domain. This prevents receptor dimerization.
Tx: ACROMEGALY |
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High cost
Increased liver panel |
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Synthetic dopamine receptor agonist
TX: Lactinomas
Used in pregnancy |
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Dopamine receptor agonists
Tx: Prolactinomas (low doses) and Parkinsons disease (high doses)
Weekly or bi-weekly administration
Not used in pregnancy |
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Synthetic TSH
Tx: Used to maximize uptake of radioactive Iodine |
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Synthetic ACTH
Tx: Used to determine primary or secondary adrenal dysfunction |
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| Used to diagnose a pituitary tumor or ectopic tumor for Cushing Syndrome following use of Cosyntropin |
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Metyrapone
Ketoconazole
Mitotane |
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| Used to block adrenal steroidal genesis; Especially due to tumors |
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| Antagonizes peripheral cortisol receptors |
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| Produced in the gonads and blocks/decreases levels of FSH but not LH |
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| Causes increased production of FSH |
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GnRH agonist
Used in high, constant doses it decreases gonadotropin release
Daily and monthly injections available
Can have a pump installed |
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Androgen-dependent prostate cancer
Precocious puberty dependent prostate cancer
Uterine Fibroids
Endometriosis |
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Purified FSH isolated from the urine of women
Tx: Stimulate ovulation and male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Causes ovarian hyperstimulation sundrome |
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Synthetic FSH
Tx: Stimulate ovulation and male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Causes ovarian hyperstimulation sundrome |
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GnRH antagonists
Suppress premature surges in LH
Assisted reproduction
Palliation of metastatic prostate cancer |
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Vasopression receptor antagonists (V1 + V2)
Tx: SIADH and hypovolemic and euvolemic hyponatremia |
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Vasopression receptor antagonists (V2)
Tx: SIADH and heart failure |
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Antibiotic and mineral
Used as secondary for SIADH |
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ADH analogue
Stimulation of V2 receptors
Concentrates urine and decreases thirst
Tx: Diabetes insipidis |
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Amiloride
Hypochlorothiazide |
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Diuretics
Tx: Nephrogenic diabetes insipidis |
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