The capacity of a drug to do damage or cause adverse effects in the body is called toxicity.
In general terms, toxicity can be described as something that is harmful. In medical terms, toxicity can be described as the ability of any chemical or drug to damage the body of a person.
Drugs, of various kinds, can cause serious adverse effects on a person. Even drugs that are used for medical purposes can cause adverse reactions when not used properly, without the prescription of a doctor. Hence, to avoid toxicity by a drug, a person should only take a drug that is prescribed by a doctor. The toxicity of a drug can even lead to lifelong damage or death of a person.
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Answer:
(D). oxytocin.
Explanation:
The hypothalamic-pituitary axis can be defined a pathway that plays a central role in regulation of various endocrine glands. Hormones released from hypothalamus stimulates pituitary gland, which in turns secrete pituitary hormones to regulate release of hormones from other endocrine glands.
Regulation of growth hormone (somatotropin), cortisol (adrenal hormone), prolactin, and T3 (thyroid hormone) is done by hypothalamic-pituitary axis.
Oxytocin is a peptide hormone, which is synthesized by hypothalamus and secreted by posterior pituitary gland. However, level of oxytocin is regulated by positive feedback in loop, in which hormone itself regulates its release and does not involves regulation by hypothalamic-pituitary axis.
Thus, the correct answer is option (D).
