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Defendants are both corporations which sell office products including office supplies, business machines, computers and furniture through retail stores, commonly described as office supply superstores, as well as through direct mail delivery and contract stationer operations. Staples is the second largest office superstore chain in the United States with approximately 550 retail stores located in 28 states and the District of Columbia, primarily in the Northeast and California. In 1996 Staples' revenues from those stores were approximately $4 billion through all operations. Office Depot, the largest office superstore chain, operates over 500 retail office supply superstores that are located in 38 states and the District of Columbia, primarily in the South and Midwest. Office Depot's 1996 sales were approximately $6.1 billion. OfficeMax, Inc., is the only other office supply superstore firm in the United States.

Question 1

Do potassium channel activators such as nicorandil have any benefit in

the treatment of a diabetic patient with cardiovascular complications?

Question 2

Is a dosage of 2.5 mg/day of methyltestosterone, as a component in

some multivitamin formulae, safe to give to diabetics or will it make the

diabetes more difficult to control (see also Chapter 5, question 5)?

Question 3

How does diabetes mellitus cause atherosclerosis?

Question 4

How does diabetes cause renal damage, especially diabetic nephropathy

with the presence of microalbuminuria?

Question 5

Type 1 diabetes causes nephropathy in 40% of cases and type 2 causes it

in 20% of cases but the most common cause of nephropathy we see is

type 2, why?

Question 6

Why is intractable vomiting seen in diabetes mellitus and how can it be

managed?

Question 7

Is gabapentin superior to carbamazepine in terms of efficacy in the

treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy? What are its side-effects?

Question 8

Why is diabetic ketoacidosis more common in type 1 diabetes?

Question 9

Why is there abdominal pain in diabetic ketoacidosis?

Question 10

Grades of ketonuria are sometimes mentioned. I have not been able to

locate a detailed description in textbooks and would be grateful if you

could explain the grades of ketonuria or recommend suitable reading

material.