The case of The Evil Scale

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The case of The Evil Scale...

Harry had had enough! Every time stepped on the scale he found his weight going up. He hated that scale. In fact he thought it was evil! Over the past three months he had gained ten pounds. And that was despite the fact that he was being careful about his diet, was

exercising regularly and was taking all the medicines that his doctor had prescribed to treat his diabetes.

When Harry saw his doctor three months ago he was put on several new drugs. Harry figured one of them was responsible for the gain in weight. Harry's doctor looked over the different medicines that Harry was taking and said "Harry, I think you are right. One of the medicines likely is causing your weight gain."

So doctor, which of the following drugs is most likely to have caused Harry's weight gain:

1. metformin (Glucophage) 2. Diamicron MR (gliclazide 'modified release') 3. Avandia (rosiglitazone) 4. Prandase (acarbose)

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