Toxicology: practice question

A Forensic Medicine question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Forensic Medicine · Toxicology

Sample item

What toxidrome includes salivation, sweating, and miosis?

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The answer and the reasoning

B. Organophosphate poisoning

Organophosphate poisoning produces cholinergic excess with salivation, lacrimation, bronchorrhea, diarrhea, bradycardia, sweating, and miosis.

Option by option

  • A. Carbon monoxide poisoning

    Carbon monoxide poisoning causes impaired oxygen delivery, not cholinergic signs.

  • B. Organophosphate poisoning (correct)

    Correct: cholinergic excess is typical of organophosphate poisoning.

  • C. Barbiturate overdose

    Barbiturates cause CNS depression without this classic cholinergic cluster.

  • D. Amphetamine intoxication

    Amphetamines usually cause sympathomimetic stimulation and mydriasis.

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What is the answer to this Forensic Medicine question?

The best answer is B, Organophosphate poisoning. Organophosphate poisoning produces cholinergic excess with salivation, lacrimation, bronchorrhea, diarrhea, bradycardia, sweating, and miosis.

Why is "Carbon monoxide poisoning" not the answer?

Carbon monoxide poisoning causes impaired oxygen delivery, not cholinergic signs.

Why is "Barbiturate overdose" not the answer?

Barbiturates cause CNS depression without this classic cholinergic cluster.

Why is "Amphetamine intoxication" not the answer?

Amphetamines usually cause sympathomimetic stimulation and mydriasis.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Toxicology in Forensic Medicine. The correct option holds because: Correct: cholinergic excess is typical of organophosphate poisoning.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Toxicology?

Learn postmortem changes with their timelines, and toxicology as poison, sign, test and antidote. Then use the flashcards and the other Forensic Medicine questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.