Which of the following compounds acts as a benzodiaz epine antagonist?: (A) Flumazenil, (B) Naloxone, (C) Furazolidone, (D) Naltrexone
Answer is A. A specific BZD antagonist flumazenil is used for BZD poisoning ,it is a BZD analogue which has little intrinsic activity (no effect on normal subject), but competes with BZD agonist as well as inverse agonist for BZD receptor &reverse its effect . Ref: KD tripathi 8th ed.