A Nurse Is Reviewing the Medications of a Patient with Diabetes

A nurse is reviewing the medications of a patient with diabetes before discharge. The nurse realizes that the patient will be going home on colesevelam, a bile-acid sequestrant, and insulin. What patient education should the nurse provide in the discharge teaching for this patient?

A) The patient needs to monitor the blood sugar carefully, because colesevelam can cause hypoglycemia.
B) The patient needs to monitor the blood sugar carefully, because colesevelam can cause hyperglycemia.
C) The patient needs to take the insulin at least 3 hours before the colesevelam.
D) The patient needs to use an oral antidiabetic agent or agents, not insulin, with colesevelam.