Podiatry and Medical - Set 1

Category - Podiatry Part I

Which of the following drugs corrects pernicious anemia and prevents the neurological consequences of the disease?
  1. Beta-carotene
  2. Ferrous sulfate
  3. Folic acid
  4. Hydroxocobalamin
Explanation
Answer − D − The drug that corrects pernicious anemia and prevents the neurological consequences of the disease is hydroxocobalamin. It is one of two forms of vitamin B12, the specific drug that reverses both the macrocytic anemia and the neurologic defects of pernicious anemia. (Cyanocobalamin is equivalent.)
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