easy q pharmac - target99

[ArchivalUser]

A 17-year-old patient complains that he gets severe shortness of breath whenever he takes as-
pirin for headache. Increased levds of which of the following may be responsible, in part, for
some cases of aspirin hypersensitivity?
(A) Alprostadil
(B) Aspirin
© Ibuprofen
(D) LTC 4
(E) Misoprostol
(F) Prednisone
(G) Prostacyclin
(H) Zafirlukast
(I) Zileuton

[ArchivalUser]

D) LTC 4

[ArchivalUser]

d aspirin induces asthma

[ArchivalUser]

D- LTC4 induce broncho-constriction(triad aspirin-asthma-polyp)

[ArchivalUser]

what is the answer

[ArchivalUser]

that the leukotrienes may be produced in increased amounts when cyclooxygenase
is blocked; in patients with aspirin hypersensitivity, this might precipitate the bronchoconstric-
tion often observed in this condition. The answer is (D).


sorry for tghe delayed reply