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A 50-year-old male patient is started on aspirin (ASA) 80-mg tablets once daily as an antiplatelet agent. The nurse explains to this patient that ASA is the drug of choice for reducing the risk of which condition?
 
  a. Hemorrhagic stroke
  b. Ischemic stroke
  c. Gastric inflammation
  d. Cellular formation

Question 2

A newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patient is started on a new drug that comes from incretin hormones. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) is used because of which effect?
 
  a. It has the least allergic effect.
  b. It is easy to administer.
  c. It inhibits glucagon secretion.
  d. It slows islet growth.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
In men over 50 years of age, ASA is a drug of choice for reducing the risk of ischemic stroke. It plays no role in hemorrhagic stroke.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The incretin that has received the most attention is GLP1. It regulates homeostasis and inhibits endogenous glucagon secretion.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 23, 2018
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