KROK 1 2015 – Question 74 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 66-year-old woman had intravenous injection of magnesium sulfate solution to stop hypertensive crisis. However her arterial pressure did not decrease and after repeated introduction of the same preparation she developed sluggishness, slow response to stimuli; the patient is unconsciousness and her respiration is inhibited. What preparation is antagonist of magnesium sulfate and can remove the symptoms of its overdose?
- A. Calcium chloride
- B. Sodium chloride
- C. Potassium chloride
- D. Potassium permanganate
- E. Activated carbon
Hint
Recall how magnesium depresses neuromuscular and central function, and which physiological ion competes with it so that giving that ion reverses the effect.
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