Biguanide-- oral hypoglycemic drug:
a. Tolbutamide (Orinase)
b. acarbose (Precose)
c. metformin (Glucophage)
d. troglitazone (Rezulin)
e. none of the above
Ans: c. metformin (Glucophage)
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