A nurse administers medications by various routes of delivery. The nurse recognizes which route of administration requires higher dosages of drugs to achieve a therapeutic effect?

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The oral route requires higher dosages of drugs to achieve a therapeutic effect due to the first-pass effect, where the drug is metabolized in the liver before reaching systemic circulation, reducing the amount of active drug available.

A Nurse Administers Medications by Various Routes of Delivery