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Medications for Diabetes: Metformin and Insulin Sensitivity
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Medications for Diabetes: Metformin and Insulin Sensitivity

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What is the effect of octreotide on insulin secretion?

  • Inhibits insulin release
  • Suppresses insulin secretion (correct)
  • Stimulates insulin secretion
  • Has no effect on insulin secretion
  • What is the characteristic of the adverse effect profile of octreotide?

  • Severe
  • Unpredictable
  • Benign (correct)
  • Variable
  • What is the relationship between octreotide and somatostatin?

  • Octreotide is a natural inhibitor of somatostatin
  • Octreotide is a precursor to somatostatin
  • Octreotide is a byproduct of somatostatin metabolism
  • Octreotide is a synthetic analogue of somatostatin (correct)
  • What is the length of the peptide chain in octreotide?

    <p>Octapeptide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary mechanism of action of octreotide?

    <p>Suppressing insulin secretion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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