KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 186 · KROK (Dentistry)

For relief of hypertensive crisis a doctor administered a patient a drug that apart from antihypertensive effect has also sedative, spasmolytic and anticonvulsive effect. The drug was taken parenterally. When it is taken enterally it acts as a laxative and cholagogue. What drug was administered?

  1. A. Reserpine
  2. B. Apressin
  3. C. Dibasolum
  4. D. Magnesium sulfate
  5. E. No-spa
Hint

Think of a drug whose pharmacological effect depends entirely on the route of administration: systemic CNS and vascular depression when injected, but osmotic action in the gut when swallowed.

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