Compared with when a drug is taken on an empty stomach, if it is taken with food it will be
a. excreted more slowly.
b. excreted more quickly.
c. absorbed more slowly.
d. absorbed more quickly.
C
Food delays the rate at which the drug leaves the stomach and so it enters the small intestine more gradually and is absorbed more slowly. Drugs are excreted by the kidneys, so the presence of food in the stomach does not affect the rate of drug excretion.
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