For a patient that is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and is experiencing only mild symptoms due to the early stage of the disease, how might their pharmacotherapy proceed?
1 = First recommendation
2 = Second recommendation is disease does not improve or gets worse
3 = Third recommendation, likely used in addition to "option 2"
4 = Only used in later stages of the disease typically
Question 32 options:
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Metformin
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Glipizide
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Regular and/or long acting insulin
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Lifestyle alterations