Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Professions 7th Edition by Ruth Woodrow,Bruce Colbert ,David Smith

Exercise 4

Lucy Westcott is a 47-year-old female who has a severe allergy to shrimp. While at a cocktail party, she inadvertently ingests some shrimp from an hors d'oeuvre tray. She begins to experience signs of a severe reaction to the shrimp such as throat tightening and lip and eyelid swelling. Question
The EpiPen delivers an adrenergic medication, which has a primary effect of:
A) The constriction of the pupils
B) Bronchodilation
C) Peripheral vasodilation
D) Cardiac relaxation