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Why are appetite stimulants used?
anorexia common in disease, malnutrition can exacerbate disease.
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Name three drugs types that stimulate appetite
Benzodiazepines
cyproheptadine
glucocorticoids
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Name a benzodiazepine and its mechanism of action
diazepam, oxazepam
increases GABA, causes anti-serotonergic effect that depresses satiety centre in hypothalamus
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How does cyproheptadine cause appetite stimulation
serotonin and histamine agonist, supressed satiety centre in hypothalamus
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Name two glucocorticoids that stimulate appetite
penisolone, dexamethazone
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