KROK 1 2014 – Question 110 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 55-year-old male had been delivered to the resuscitation unit unconscious. Relatives reported him to have mistakenly drunk an alcoholic solution of unknown origin. On examination the patient was diagnosed with methanol intoxication. What antidote should be used in this case?
- A. Naloxone
- B. Acetylcysteine
- C. Teturamum
- D. Protamine sulfate
- E. Ethanol
Hint
The swallowed alcohol itself is not the main poison; ask how the harm from its metabolites can be reduced by interfering with the enzyme that produces them.
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