KROK 1 2015 – Question 78 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A child suffers from dry cough. What non-narcotic antitussive drug will relieve the patient’s condition?
- A. Althaea officinalis root extract
- B. Potassium iodide
- C. Morphine hydrochloride
- D. Codeine phosphate
- E. Glaucine hydrochloride
Hint
Sort the listed agents into narcotic antitussives, expectorants and the remaining central cough suppressants, keeping in mind that the stem asks for a non-narcotic one.
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