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drpkaur
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11/22/06 - 03:39 PM

A 51 year old man comes to the physician because of fatigue, weakness, and joint pain for the past 5 days. For the past 9 months, he has been taking 10 mg of prednisone daily for severe rheumatoid arthritis. He tells the physician that he misplaced his medication last week and did not have it replaced. Which of the following mechanisms is most likely responsible for the development of these symptoms in this patient?
A. Gastric absorption
B. Hepatic glucuronidation
C. Hepatic oxidative metabolism
D. Protein binding in the serum
E. Renal tubular secretion
guys warning,i don't know the ans..plz find out the correct ans.thanx

fox
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11/22/06 - 03:53 PM

D protein binding....BTW this is a nbme Q. So pls label.

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drpkaur
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11/22/06 - 04:06 PM

sorry guys i didn't know it's NBME...i got it from friend..

blueocean
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11/23/06 - 07:50 PM

can you explain, please?

Angelman

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11/23/06 - 11:04 PM

fox wrote:
D protein binding....BTW this is a nbme Q. So pls label.

Please explain it

thanks

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11/24/06 - 02:22 AM

blueocean wrote:
can you explain, please?

okay guys...read the last para. Hope it helps.

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/pediapred_cp.h...

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