A patient is started on Byetta, one of the new antidiabetic agents. The patient asks how this medication will help lower blood sugar. Which is the best response made by the nurse?
a. It takes the place of insulin.
b. It restores insulin secretion.
c. It is taken with insulin to make it last.
d. It decreases the thirst for water.
ANS: B
Another new drug, Byetta, is the first drug that has been shown to restore first-phase insulin secretion when it is missing in type 2 diabetics.
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