KROK 1 2017 – Question 176 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient with signs of emotional lability that result in troubled sleep has been prescribed nitrazepam. Specify the sleep-inducing mechanism of this drug:
- A. GABA-ergic system activation
- B. Inhibition of stimulating amino acids
- C. Suppression of serotonergic neurotransmission
- D. Blockade of opiate receptors
- E. H1-histamine receptors stimulation
Hint
Recall which drug class nitrazepam belongs to and whether sedative-hypnotics of that class act by boosting or by damping inhibitory transmission in the brain.
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