Your cousin is started on medication after being diagnosed with epilepsy. Because he experiences seizures quite often, he starts with a very large dose of the anticonvulsant to elevate the levels of the drug in his blood as quickly as possible. This initial, large dose is known as a(n) ____.

a.  loading dose
b.  shock dose
c.  therapeutic dose
d.  overdose


a.  loading dose

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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