The pt had asthma (SOB, wakes up at night out of breath, has allergies). It asked for the precursor of leukotrienes, which is arachidonic acid. The prob gave him Montelukast or inhaled glucocorticoids.
ls3076wtf is up with the phrasing of this question +45
djtallahasseeMust have been Montelukast right? Since GCs do more of a downregulation thing than a true receptor blocking. Maybe I am not reading that last sentence correct though.+2
calleocho305Thought this patient had GERD Induced asthma so I said histamine... Fixing GERD will normally fix the asthma and a h2 blocker would do that.. +8
yesaGERD-induced symptoms would be related to meals+1
lumdPicked Arachidonic acid because it was the only option that can be further broken down into active metabolites. +2
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The pt had asthma (SOB, wakes up at night out of breath, has allergies). It asked for the precursor of leukotrienes, which is arachidonic acid. The prob gave him Montelukast or inhaled glucocorticoids.