AIIMS May 2011 – MCQ 55

All of the following drugs will worsen megaloblastic anemia except?
A. Alcohol
B. Phenytoin
C. Methotrexate
D. Chloroquine

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4 Comments

viren May 9, 2011

choroqin
Harsh Shah May 9, 2011

ans: d. chloroquine
Expln.: chronic alcoholism and phenytoin interfere with folate absorption
while methotrexate is a folate antagonist

Ref. KDT, 6th edition
rathore May 9, 2011

chloroquin
vidhya selvaraj May 10, 2011

option c is sulfhasalazine.

the ans s chloroquine

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