KROK 1 2017 – Question 17 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
During treatment with bismuth preparations a patient with syphilis developed gray spots on his oral mucosa and nephropathy symptoms. What drug is used as an antidote to bismuth preparations poisoning?
- A. Methylene blue
- B. Naloxone
- C. Nalorphine
- D. Bemegride
- E. Unithiol
Hint
Bismuth poisoning behaves like heavy-metal poisoning, so ask which antidote principle fits it: binding the metal, reversing a receptor effect or restoring a blood-gas defect.
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