The nurse is caring for a patient with metastatic bone cancer. The patient asks the nurse why he has had to keep getting larger doses of his pain medication and it doesn't seem to affect him. What is the nurse's best response?
A) "Over time, you become more tolerant of the drug."
B) "You are immune to the effects of the drug."
C) "You may have formed an addiction to the drug."
D) "Your body absorbs less of the drug due to the cancer."
A
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