A man with Type 2 diabetes is receiving a combination of oral drugs to maintain glycemic control. He becomes hypoglycemic one afternoon and ingests some orange juice and two chocolate bars-all containing abundant amounts of sugars. Nonetheless his blood glucose levels remain low, his symptoms persist. Which of the following antidiabetic drugs that he was taking accounted for the failure of oral sugars to restore his plasma glucose?

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