A patient is started on Byetta, one of the new antidiabetic agents. The patient asks how this medication will help lower blood sugar. Your response is:
1. It takes the place of insulin.
2. It restores insulin secretion.
3. It is taken with insulin to make it last.
4. It decreases the thirst for water.
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Another new drug, Byetta, is the first drug that has been shown to restore first-phase insulin se-cretion when it is missing in type 2 diabetics.
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a. Age b. Gender c. Cultural context d. Education
The ED50 indicates the dose required to produce a:
A. minimal response in half of the population. B. toxic response in half of the population. C. therapeutic response in half of the population. D. sustained response in half of the patients.
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set at _______________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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1. Prone position 2. Supine position 3. Semi-Fowler's position 4. Dorsal recumbent position