Lipid-soluble medications require higher weight-based doses in elderly patients because:
A) there are fewer barriers to absorption in elderly patients.
B) elderly patients have a much faster basil metabolic rate.
C) elderly patients have a higher body fat percentage and fat distribution.
D) elderly patients have a higher overall percentage of body water.
Ans: C) elderly patients have a higher body fat percentage and fat distribution.
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