KROK 1 2009 – Question 19 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
Proserin increases skeletal muscle tone when given systematically. Halothane induces relaxation of skeletal muscles and reduces proserin effects. What is the nature of proserin and halothane interaction?
- A. Indirect functional antagonism
- B. Direct functional antagonism
- C. Independent antagonism
- D. Noncompetitive antagonism
- E. Competitive antagonism
Hint
Ask where in the body each drug acts, whether they share a receptor, and how their opposite effects meet on muscle tone.
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