Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2016
A patient with urolithiasis has developed severe pain attacks. For pain shock prevention he was administered an antispasmodic narcotic analgesic along with atropine. Name this drug:
Answer options
- Tramadol
- Nalorphine
- Promedol
- Morphine hydrochloride
- Ethylmorphine hydrochloride
Correct answer
Promedol
Explanation
Promedol with both analgesic and the spasmolytic effect is used either in adults or in children older than 2 years old on moderate and intensive pains, mainly of traumatic origin, before, during, and after surgery. The preparation is effective on a pain syndrome related to the smooth muscle spasm in the inner organs (ureter in this case) in combination with atropine-like and spasmolytic preparations).
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