KROK 1 2013 – Question 33 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A female patient with bronchial asthma had taken prednisolone tablets (1 tablet 3 times a day) for 2 months. Due to a significant improvement of her condition the patient suddenly stopped taking it. What complication is likely to develop in this case?
- A. Upper body obesity
- B. Cushing’s syndrome
- C. Hypotension
- D. Gastrorrhagia
- E. Withdrawal syndrome
Hint
Consider what long-term exogenous glucocorticoid does to the body's own ACTH and adrenal cortex, and what happens when the supply stops abruptly.
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