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Choose the correct statement about nateglinide:
A. It is a long acting oral hypoglycaemic drug
B. Taken just before a meal, it limits postprandial hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes
mellitus
C. It lowers blood glucose in both type 1 and
type 2 diabetes mellitus
D. It acts by opening K+ channels in myocytes
and adipocytes
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B. Taken just before a meal, it limits postprandial hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes
mellitus
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