KROK 1 2011 – Question 43 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient with essential hypertension has a high rate of blood renin. Which of antihypertensive drugs should be preferred?
- A. Dichlothiazide
- B. Prazosinum
- C. Lisinopril
- D. Nifedipine
- E. Propranolol
Hint
Ask which hormonal system is overactive when plasma renin is high, and which drug interferes directly with the step that follows renin's action.
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