Greta is a 60 year-old female who presents to your office with uncontrolled glucose levels despite her best attempts at lifestyle changes and treatment with metformin over the last year. You decide to talk to Greta about adding liraglutide to her regimen. An interview reveals that Greta's social history includes past problems with alcoholism, which she now claims is no longer a problem. She also has a family history of benign thyroid neoplasm.
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Question 1: A history of alcoholism should alert you to what concern associated with GLP-1 agonists?
a)Mild renal impairment because it is a contraindication to GLP-1 receptor agonist use
b)Liver dysfunction because it is a known side-effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists
c)Pancreatitis because it may be associated with GLP-1 receptor agonist use
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