KROK 1 2013 – Question 165 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient has recurrent attacks of epileptic seizures and stays unconscious between them. In order to stop convulsions the drugs of the following group should be used in the first place:
- A. Neuroleptics
- B. Muscle relaxants
- C. Tranquilizers
- D. Sedatives
- E. Analeptics
Hint
Ask which class of drugs quickly suppresses abnormal electrical discharge in the brain itself and can be given by injection when seizures recur without recovery of consciousness.
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