KROK 1 2008 – Question 179 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 12 year old child has intolerance to some foodstuffs. Their consumption causes an allergic reaction in form of itching skin eruptions. What antihistaminic drug should be administered so that the child could attend school?
- A. Loratadine
- B. Diclofenac
- C. Ephedrine
- D. Aminophylline
- E. Dimedrol
Hint
To attend school the child must not be drowsy, so think of an H1-receptor blocker of the newer generation that hardly enters the brain.
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