Ultra-Rapid Metabolizers of Drugs May Have

question 2

Multiple Choice

Ultra-rapid metabolizers of drugs may have:

• A) To have dosages of drugs adjusted downward to prevent drug accumulation
• B) Active drug rapidly metabolized into inactive metabolites, leading to potential therapeutic failure
• C) Increased elimination of active, nonmetabolized drug
• D) Slowed metabolism of a prodrug into an active drug, leading to an accumulation of prodrug

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Definitions:

Adaptive Traits

Characteristics of organisms that enhance their survival and reproduction in a specific environment, resulting from the process of natural selection.

Migration

The movement of organisms from one place to another, often cyclically or seasonally, driven by various factors such as food, climate, or breeding.

Genetic Distance

Genetic distance is a measure of how different populations are from each other genetically. Genetic distance can inform population geneticists about levels of inbreeding within a population or about the historic relationships between populations or species.

Population

A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time, capable of interbreeding.