A 67-year-old woman with diabetes presents to clinic for an annual visit. She has been doing well over the past, and her hemoglobin \A_{1c is 6.9%. Her fasting cholesterol showed a total cholesterol of 152mg\dL, LDL of 68mg\dL, and HDL of 31mg\dL. Which medication is shown to have the greatest increase in HDL?

A 67-year-old woman with diabetes presents to clinic for an annual visit. She has been doing well over the past, and her hemoglobin \A_{1c is 6.9%. Her fasting cholesterol showed a total cholesterol of 152mg\dL, LDL of 68mg\dL, and HDL of 31mg\dL. Which medication is shown to have the greatest increase in HDL?

A 42-year-old man is a habitual coffee drinker of caffeinated products. Chronic use of this product has led to his addiction. What is the most likely mechanism of action of caffeine?

A 78-year-old postmenopausal woman has been steadily losing weight over the past 6 months. She has no family history of breast or endometrial cancer. Which steroid hormone could she be given to increase her appetite?

A 29-year-old man with a family history of heart disease comes to your office for a routine checkup. A lipid profile on a blood draw reveals high LDL and low HDL. One way to decrease the amount of LDL in the blood is to hinder intestinal absorption of cholesterol. Which of the following drugs blocks brush border enzymes to inhibit intestinal absorption of cholesterol?

A 62-year-old man has developed worsening hypertension in spite of therapy. His physician wants to prescribe an additional medication that will dilate his blood vessels to help lower his blood pressure. Which of the following is a calcium channel blocker that affects vascular smooth muscle and cardiac muscle equally well?