A 73-year-old woman with osteoporosis, type II diabetes, and hypertension comes to the physician for a routine health maintenance examination. She reports occasional burning in her throat the past two weeks. Her medications were updated a few weeks ago and include: calcium carbonate, vitamin D, alendronate, metformin, glyburide, lisinopril, and metoprolol. A drug with which of the following properties or mechanisms of actions is most likely responsible for this patient’s acute presentation?
Comprises cation fraction with hydroxyapatite
Converts osteioid into hydroxyapatite
Decreases cAMP
Increases diameter of renal efferent arterioles
Increases glycolysis and decreases gluconeogenesis
Inhibits osteoclasts
Prevention of potassium efflux
