KROK 1 2021 – Question 104 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient has elevated blood pressure due to increased vascular tone. To lower the blood pressure, it is necessary to prescribe the blockers of:
- A. α-adrenoceptors
- B. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
- C. α- and β-adrenoceptors
- D. Histamine H1 receptors
- E. β-adrenoceptors
Hint
Increased vascular tone is maintained by sympathetic stimulation of receptors on vascular smooth muscle; think which receptor type mediates that constriction.
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