KROK 1 2019 – Question 98 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 33-year-old woman, who for a long time has been treated for chronic polyarthritis, complains of elevated blood pressure, changes in adipose tissue distribution, and disturbed menstrual cycle. What drug does this patient take?
- A. Butadion (Phenylbutazone)
- B. Prednisolone
- C. Beclometasone
- D. Synaflan (Fluocinolone acetonide)
- E. Indometacin
Hint
Consider which of these effects together resemble an endocrine syndrome, and which drug can both treat polyarthritis and reach the circulation in amounts large enough to cause it.
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