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Diabetes drugs Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is a neuroglucopenic symptom of hypoglycaemia?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Abnormal behavior is a neuroglucopenic symptom (brain glucose deprivation), unlike sweating, palpitation, and tremor (adrenergic).
Question 2 of 5
Compared to pork/beef insulins, the human insulins
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Human insulins have faster absorption and elimination due to less immunogenicity than animal insulins.
Question 3 of 5
Sulfonylureas do not lower blood sugar level in
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Sulfonylureas require functional beta cells, absent in type 1 (IDDM), to lower blood sugar.
Question 4 of 5
Sulfonylureas are more commonly used than biguanides as oral hypoglycaemics because
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Sulfonylureas are preferred due to greater efficacy in stimulating insulin release; biguanides don’t cause ketoacidosis.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following is true of acarbose?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Acarbose, an α-glucosidase inhibitor, limits postprandial glucose spikes by slowing carb digestion.