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#80 – Weighting on a Miracle: Understanding Unknowns of Dosing Children and Adults with Obesity

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Obesity's Influence on Drug Pharmacokinetics

This chapter explores how obesity affects the pharmacokinetics of medications by examining the stages of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination. It emphasizes the need for tailored drug dosing in obese patients due to changes in organ function and metabolism linked to body composition, particularly in children.

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