Your Patient Has Been Identified as a Poor Metabolizer of a Drug

Your patient has been identified as a poor metabolizer of a drug that has just been ordered, and the drug is formulated as an active compound. What will be the mostlikely result if you give this active drug at the standard dose?

A) No therapeutic response
B) Increased adverse reactions and possible toxicity
C) Therapeutic response as expected in the general population
D) Drug inactivation occurs more rapidly, and the therapeutic response is limited.

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