KROK 1 2021 – Question 71 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology

A man has acute pancreatitis. What medicines must be prescribed in this case, to prevent pancreatic autolysis?

  1. A. Chymotrypsin
  2. B. Protease activators
  3. C. Protease inhibitors
  4. D. Amylase
  5. E. Trypsin
Hint

Consider what premature activation of digestive enzymes inside the gland does to pancreatic tissue, and choose the therapy that opposes that process instead of adding to it.

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