For patients who are diagnosed as slow acetylators, the dosage of hydralazine should be:
1. decreased to avoid drug accumulation.
2. increased to assure that a therapeutic level has been achieved.
3. unchanged because acetylation is not relevant to hydralazine.
4. constant until the patient shows a lack of clinical effects from hydralazine.
Correct Answer: 1
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