KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 70 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 58-year-old patient with essential hypertension complains about general health deterioration. She has been administered methyldopa. Specify the mechanism of this drug action:
- A. Inhibition of noradrenaline synthesis
- B. Increase in acetylcholine synthesis
- C. Inhibition of angiotensin-converting factor
- D. Blockade of α-adrenergic receptors
- E. Blockade of β-adrenergic receptors
Hint
Methyldopa is an analogue of DOPA, so think about which step of catecholamine synthesis it enters and what it changes there.
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