Question 83 · LDEK · Toxicology
Atropine is a specific antidote in the case of intoxication with:
- A. methyl alcohol.
- B. paracetamol.
- C. organophosphate pesticides.
- D. benzodiazepines.
- E. Amanita phalloides (death cap mushroom).
Hint
Atropine blocks muscarinic receptors — which poison causes an excess of acetylcholine at these receptors?
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