KROK 1 2016 – Question 149 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 47-year-old man developed intestinal colic against the background of essential hypertension. In this situation it would be the most efficient to arrest the colic by administering drugs of the following group:
- A. Anticholinesterase agents
- B. Sympathomimetics
- C. Adrenomimetics
- D. M-cholinomimetics
- E. Myotropic antispasmodics
Hint
Consider how each autonomic drug class changes intestinal tone and blood pressure, since the patient is hypertensive and the gut is in spasm.
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