KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 173 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient with chronic heart failure had been taking digitoxin for several months, during digitalization the following symptoms developed: headache, nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, impaired color vision, bradycardia. What antidote should be administered to reduce the intoxication symptoms?
- A. Adrenalin hydrochloride
- B. Unithiol
- C. Atropine sulfate
- D. Naloxone
- E. Prednisolone
Hint
Think about which drug supplies sulfhydryl groups that help restore the Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase blocked by cardiac glycosides.
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