A 37-year-old woman with diabetes is brought to the emergency department unresponsive by her husband. She recently started taking a new medication to control her blood sugar, but her husband could not remember the name of it. Her blood sugar is 45mg\dL. Which of the following diabetes medications is most likely for her condition?

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A 37-year-old woman with diabetes is brought to the emergency department unresponsive by her husband. She recently started taking a new medication to control her blood sugar, but her husband could not remember the name of it. Her blood sugar is 45mg\dL. Which of the following diabetes medications is most likely for her condition?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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A 37-year-old woman who is a kidney transplant recipient has been taking daily prednisone for the past 2 months since her transplant. With only a few doses of prednisone left, she gets snowed in to her house and cannot refill her prescription (but she has enough of the other medications to last a few more weeks). Which of the following classes do steroids belong to?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

A 33-year-old woman has difficulties with redness of her eyes especially after swimming. She takes oxymetazoline eye drops, which gives her relief. However, this medication can get into the systemic circulation and cause which of the following adverse effects?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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A 42-year-old woman presents to clinic with fatigue for the past 2 weeks. She has a history of diabetes, hypothyroidism, lupus, hypertension, and GERD. She currently takes metformin, levothyroxine, prednisone, hydrochlorothiazide, and cimetidine. She reports that her blood sugar has been well controlled. Her TSH and free \T_4 are both within normal limits. She has not had a recent lupus flare. The physician is unsure of the cause of her fatigue and gathers some blood work. The complete blood count is significant for a white blood cell count of 16.1. What medication may be responsible for her elevated white blood cell count?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

A 47-year-old woman presents to the clinic for her annual visit. Her last fasting blood glucose on her last visit showed she has borderline diabetes. She tried to make lifestyle changes to improve her blood sugars. However, her fasting blood glucose is 215mg\dL this year. She is started on metformin and encouraged to live a healthier lifestyle. What is a side effect associated with metformin?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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