KROK 1 2014 – Question 135 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 63-year-old male patient with bladder atony had been prescribed a medication, which he had been arbitrarily taking at a higher dose. The patient developed hyperhydration, salivation, diarrhea, muscle spasms. The prescribed drug relates to the following group:
- A. Cholinomimetics
- B. Cholinesterase reactivators
- C. Adrenergic blockers
- D. Tocolytics
- E. Ganglionic blockers
Hint
Work out which part of the autonomic nervous system makes the detrusor contract, and ask what the signs of overdose say about the transmitter whose action was excessively enhanced.
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