KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 95 · KROK (Dentistry)

While under barbituric anaesthesia a 65-year-old male patient developed respiratory inhibition. Anesthesiologist made him a 10 ml intravenous injection of 0,5% bemegride solution. The patient’s condition got better, the pulmonary ventilation volume increased. What phenomenon underlies the interaction of these medications?

  1. A. Direct antagonism
  2. B. Indirect synergism
  3. C. Indirect antagonism
  4. D. Unilateral antagonism
  5. E. Direct synergism
Hint

Ask whether the two drugs produce opposite effects by acting on the same target system and whether the effect is mutual.

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