KROK 1 2009 – Question 129 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
An elderly female patient suffers from the type 2 diabetes mellitus accompanied by obesity, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease. Basal hyperinsulinemia is also present. What treatment would be the most appropriate?
- A. Insulin
- B. Retabolil
- C. Lovastatin
- D. Amlodipine
- E. Glibenclamid
Hint
Work out whether the basic problem here is a lack of the hormone or a poor tissue response to it, and choose therapy that treats the diabetes itself.
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