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2025 March (Supplementary (SAY)) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

Assertion (A): Pralidoxime is most specific drug for organophosphate poisoning. Reason (R): Organophosphates block AChE enzyme

Assertion) Pralidoxime is most specific drug for organophosphate poisoning. Reason) Organophosphates block AChE enzyme

  • a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  • c) A is true but R is false
  • b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A
  • d) A is false but R is true
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Answer

Correct answer: a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

Both statements are true, and R correctly explains A: organophosphates irreversibly inhibit acetylcholinesterase; pralidoxime is the most specific antidote because it directly reactivates the poisoned enzyme itself (if given before the enzyme-organophosphate complex “ages”), reversing the actual cause of toxicity — unlike atropine, which only blocks the downstream muscarinic receptor effects symptomatically without touching the underlying enzyme inhibition.

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