KROK 1 2019 – Question 48 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient has elevated blood pressure due to increased vascular tone. To lower the blood pressure in this case it is necessary to prescribe the blockers of:
- A. Histamine H1 receptors
- B. α-adrenoceptors
- C. β-adrenoceptors
- D. α- and β-adrenoceptors
- E. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
Hint
Think about which receptors carry the sympathetic vasoconstrictor signal to vascular smooth muscle, and what blocking them would do to vessel diameter.
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