KROK 1 2007 – Question 167 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
After a tooth extraction a patient felt persistent pain behind his breast bone. After sublingual intake of an antianginal drug the pain behind the breast bone disappeared, but the patient complained of headache and dizziness. What drug are these properties typical for?
- A. Validol
- B. Nitroglycerin
- C. Verapamil
- D. Propranolol
- E. Metoprolol
Hint
Think of the fast-acting sublingual vasodilator for angina whose widening of cerebral and venous vessels explains throbbing headache and light-headedness as typical adverse effects.
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