KROK 1 2020 – Question 35 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
During gastric resection the patient received mixed anesthesia with tubocurarine chloride muscle relaxant. To restore unassisted respiration in the patient, the patient was given proserin. What pharmacological group does this drug belong to?
- A. Cholinesterase inhibitors
- B. Calcium channel blockers
- C. Muscarinic antagonists
- D. Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors
- E. Muscarinic agonists
Hint
Consider how a competitive block of the neuromuscular endplate by a curare-like relaxant can be reversed, and what must happen to the transmitter that competes with it.
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