KROK 1 2007 – Question 183 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A liquidator of a breakdown at a nuclear power plant who was irradiated complained about vomiting that occurs all of a sudden. What medication should be prescribed?
- A. Metoclopramide
- B. Reserpine
- C. Atropine
- D. Aeron
- E. De-Nol
Hint
Radiation sickness provokes vomiting by acting on the chemoreceptor trigger zone of the medulla; consider an antiemetic that blocks dopamine receptors there.
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