When teaching a patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who is prescribed to take miglitol (Glyset) as antidiabetic therapy, which instruction is most important?
a. "Rotate the injection site on a weekly basis."
b. "Take this drug with the first bite of your meal."
c. "Do not mix this drug in the same syringe as insulin."
d. "Be sure to take this drug at the usual time even if your meal is delayed."
ANS: B
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