KROK 1 2019 – Question 55 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient was administered a certain drug for relief of cardiac rhythm disturbance. This drug can be used as a local anesthetic as well. Name this drug:
- A. Cocaine hydrochloride
- B. Lidocaine hydrochloride
- C. Anaesthesin (Benzocaine)
- D. Dicain (Tetracaine)
- E. Diphenine (Phenytoin)
Hint
Think about which agent in the list acts on fast ion channels in both nerve fibres and myocardium, so that it can serve two different clinical purposes.
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