You are teaching a patient who has been prescribed a sodium-glucose cotransport inhibitor for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2. The patient asks you to explain how this drug works. What is your best response?
A) "This drug works by inactivating normal gut hormones."
B) "This drug works by preventing the kidney from reabsorbing glucose."
C) "This drug works by making insulin receptors more sensitive to insulin."
D) "This drug works by preventing enzymes from breaking down starches into glucose."
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