Older people may require lower drug doses than younger people because ________

A) there is less tissue mass to treat
B) their organs are more sensitive to drugs
C) they have lower rates of renal clearance
D) a lifetime of mutations results in unpredictable drug reactions
E) they do not absorb as much drug from the small intestine


C

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