Vitamin Deficiencies
Night blindness
What is vitamin A?
Sample drawn right before next-dose.
What is a trough level?
This tumor marker is used to screen, monitor therapy and recurrence of prostate cancer.
What is prostate specific antigen (PSA)?
A synthetic, morphine-like drug with nonpeptidic structures.
What is an opioid?
What is salicylate (aspirin)?
Rickets
What is vitamin D?
Some examples are gentamicin and tobramycin
What are antibiotics?
CA-125 is used to monitor this type of cancer.
A class of drugs that form the largest group of hypnotics and sedatives.
What are barbiturates?
What is ethylene glycol?
Scurvy
What is vitamin C?
Most used method for therapeutic drug monitoring.
What are immunoassays?
CEA and CA19-9 can both be used to measure for early detection of recurrence of this cancer.
What is pancreatic cancer?
Smoking marijuana will cause this drug class to be positive.
What are cannabinoids?
A decrease in this trace element can result in growth impairment.
What is zinc?
Hemorrhaging
What is vitamin K?
Valproic acid, phenytoin, and phenobarbital are examples of this drug class.
What are antiepileptic drugs?
What is CA125?
Used as a drug to treat morphine and diamorphine addicts.
What is methadone?
This type of toxicity arises from impaired oxygen delivery and use, leading to cellular hypoxia, dysfunction, and death.
What is carbon monoxide toxicity?
Pernicious anemia
What is vitamin B12?
An antipsychotic drug used for the treatment of mania and recurrences of mania and depression in bipolar disorders.
What is lithium?
This tumor marker is increased in hepatocellular carcinoma.
What is alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)?
Referred to as "crack".
What is cocaine?
The principal compound in rubbing alcohol.
What is isopropanol?