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Please Select the False Statement Regarding Tissue Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion

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Please select the False statement regarding tissue distribution, metabolism, and excretion of medications.

Please select the False statement regarding tissue distribution, metabolism, and excretion of medications.


A) Patients who have liver dysfunction often metabolize medications more slowly, so their doses must be adjusted to avoid toxic levels.
B) The half-life of a medication is the time it takes for the serum concentration of that chemical to decrease by 100%.
C) Medications that are unstable at low pH are typically given by intravenous or intramuscular injection.
D) A medication with a half-life of over 24 hours is taken only once a day or less.
E) A medication that has a very short half-life usually needs to be taken several times a day.

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