KROK 1 2008 – Question 12 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient ill with neurodermatitis has been taking prednisolone for a long time. Examination revealed high rate of sugar in his blood. This complication is caused by the drug influence upon the following link of carbohydrate metabolism:
- A. Glycogenogenesis activation
- B. Gluconeogenesis activation
- C. Intensification of glucose absorption in the bowels
- D. Inhibition of glycogen synthesis
- E. Activation of insulin decomposition
Hint
Ask which step of carbohydrate metabolism, when pushed by a long-term glucocorticoid, would put more glucose into the blood, and which of the listed steps would instead remove glucose from it.
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