Showing posts with label Antiemetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antiemetics. Show all posts

Saturday, 8 September 2012

Antiemetics

Regarding antiemetics, which one of the following statements is TRUE?

a) Dexamethasone has been shown to downregulate 5-HT3 receptors in the
chemoreceptor trigger zone
b) As an anticholinergic, glycopyrrolate has useful antiemetic properties
c) Cyclizine acts as an antiemetic by antagonism of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
d) Ondansetron exerts antagonism at 5-HT3 receptors only in the chemoreceptor
trigger zone and the nucleus tractus solitarius
e) Nabilone is an antagonist at endogenous cannabinoid receptors