The patient is admitted to the hospital in chronic renal failure and is on several medications. What best describes the nurse's assessment of this patient?
A) The patient's liver may compensate for renal failure; the drugs may be effective.
B) The patient may have drug toxicity from all the drugs.
C) The patient may have drug toxicity only if the drugs are excreted by the kidneys.
D) The patient may have decreased effectiveness of the drugs.
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