KROK 1 2013 – Question 149 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 12-year-old child has a viral infection complicated by obstructive bronchitis. Bronchospasm can be eliminated by inhalations of a drug from the following pharmacological group:
- A. β₂-agonists
- B. β₂-adrenergic blockers
- C. Analeptics
- D. M-anticholinergics
- E. N-cholinomimetics
Hint
Think of the receptor on bronchial smooth muscle whose stimulation raises cAMP and relaxes the muscle, and choose the class that acts there when inhaled.
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