How do thyroid replacement drugs affect diabetes?
a. Thyroid replacement drugs reduce the effectiveness of all antidiabetic drugs.
b. When thyroid replacement drugs return metabolism to normal, diabetes is gone.
c. Thyroid replacement drugs can allow a patient to switch from insulin to an oral antidiabetic drug.
d. Thyroid replacement drugs require that a patient taking an oral antidiabetic drug be placed on insulin.
ANS: A
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