KROK 1 2019 – Question 136 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient with diabetes mellitus and allergic dermatitis was prescribed a certain fluorinated hormone drug in the ointment dosage form. When the patient asked, how this drug was better than the hydrocortisone ointment, the doctor explained that the prescribed medicine:
- A. Was cheaper
- B. Had short-term action
- C. Increased insulin synthesis
- D. Had practically no resorptive effect
- E. Was less potent
Hint
Consider which property of a skin-applied glucocorticoid matters most in a patient whose glucose control is already impaired.
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