KROK 1 2012 – Question 77 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology

A patient has a slowly healing fracture. What medicine can be used to accelerate formation of connective tissue matrix?

  1. A. Methotrexate
  2. B. Prednisolone
  3. C. Methyluracil
  4. D. Cyclophosphan
  5. E. Cyclosporine
Hint

Fracture healing needs new cells and new matrix proteins, so ask which agent promotes regeneration and protein synthesis instead of inhibiting them.

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