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Clara has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and is being started on an oral antidiabetic agent.What biguanide might she be given?


Definitions:

Radiometric Dating

Radiometric dating is a technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, by determining the relative proportions of particular radioactive isotopes present in the sample.

Isotope Decays

The process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation, leading to a change in its atomic number or mass.

Half-Life

Characteristic time it takes for half of a quantity of a radioisotope to decay.

Iridium

A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, often used in high-strength alloys.

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