KROK 1 2017 – Question 150 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
During gastric resection the patient received mixed anesthesia with tubocurarin chloride muscle relaxant; to restore spontaneous respiration the patient received proserin. What pharmacological group does this drug belong to?
- A. Muscarinic antagonists
- B. Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors
- C. Calcium channel blockers
- D. Muscarinic agonists
- E. Cholinesterase inhibitors
Hint
Tubocurarine competes with the natural transmitter at the nicotinic receptor, so ask how to raise the amount of that transmitter at the neuromuscular junction.
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