KROK 1 2018 – Question 168 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
After a nephrectomy the patient developed enteroparesis. What cholinergic agent with anticholinesterase action should be prescribed in this case?
- A. Acetylcholine
- B. Carbacholine
- C. Pilocarpine
- D. Proserin
- E. Aceclidine
Hint
Postoperative gut atony needs more cholinergic stimulation of smooth muscle, but the stem requires that the drug act by blocking the enzyme that degrades the transmitter rather than by activating receptors.
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