KROK 1 2015 – Question 68 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient with urolithiasis has developed severe pain attacks. For pain shock prevention he was administered an antispasmodic narcotic analgesic along with atropine. Name this drug:
- A. Morphine hydrochloride
- B. Promedol
- C. Nalorphine
- D. Ethylmorphine hydrochloride
- E. Tramadol
Hint
Think about how different opioid analgesics affect smooth muscle tone, and why that matters when a stone is passing down the ureter.
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