KROK 1 2008 – Question 102 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology

A patient ill with essential hypertension was recommended a drug that prevents thrombosis. It is to be taken parenterally. What drug is it?

  1. A. Protamine sulfate
  2. B. Heparin
  3. C. Syncumar
  4. D. Amben
  5. E. Neodicumarin
Hint

Decide which listed drugs prevent clot formation (as opposed to reversing anticoagulation or promoting clotting), then use the route of administration given in the stem to separate fast-acting injectable agents from oral ones.

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