KROK 1 2009 – Question 196 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient with a hypertensive crisis was admitted to the cardiological department. He was given an intravenous injection of an antihypertensive drug alkali-earth metal salt. What drug was injected?
- A. Calcium lactate
- B. Magnesium sulfate
- C. Potassium chloride
- D. Benzohexonium
- E. Sodium hydrocarbonate
Hint
Pick out the alkaline-earth cations among the listed salts, then decide which of them lowers vascular tone instead of promoting contraction.
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