PITUITARY DRUGS Crossword

Secretes hormones from anterior pituitary gland to control bodily functions
Works with the CNS to govern all bodily functions
Medicine that promotes renal retention of sodium, can result in edema and hypertension
Hormone that promotes growth by stimulating anabolic tissue building process, sodium, potassium, & phosphorus retention
Stimulates breast growth in females
Augment or antagonize the effects of the pituitary hormones
Made up of 2 distinct lobes: anterior and posterior
Stimulates ejection of milk and contraction of uterine smooth muscle
Alleviates symptoms of carcinoid tumors; used for acromegaly, small bowel fistula
Growth hormone used to treat growth failure, also used for wasting/cachectic HIV patients
Used to control polydipsia,polyuria, & dehydration in diabetic patients, stops bleeding with esophageal varices
Hormone that increases water resorption in distal tubules, concentrates urine, & reduces water excretion
Increases the production & secretion of thyroid hormones
Common Cardiovascular adverse effects of Vasopressin & Desmopressin are _________ blood pressure
Common GI effects of Octreotide is
Children with endocrine disorders may have an increased risk of ____ problems
This lobe secretes TSH, GH, ACTH, prolactin, FSH, & luteinizing hormone
Secretes ADH, oxytocin
Targets adrenal gland, mediates adaptation to physical/emotional stress & starvation
Hormone that stimulates ovulation & estrogen release by ovaries in females
Patients may have these changes affecting their body image as a possible adverse effect