You Are Teaching a Patient Who Has Been Prescribed a Sodium-Glucose

question 20

Multiple Choice

You are teaching a patient who has been prescribed a sodium-glucose cotransport inhibitor for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2. The patient asks you to explain how this drug works. What is your best response?

• A)"This drug works by inactivating normal gut hormones."
• B)"This drug works by preventing the kidney from reabsorbing glucose."
• C)"This drug works by making insulin receptors more sensitive to insulin."
• D)"This drug works by preventing enzymes from breaking down starches into glucose."

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