If an elderly person has less protein in the blood than a younger person, how would you adjust the dose of a drug that has high protein binding?

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Ismael Hamilton

Biology

6 July, 22:36

If an elderly person has less protein in the blood than a younger person, how would you adjust the dose of a drug that has high protein binding?

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Mila Baldwin · Answer 1

Protein is one of the important component of the body and must be included in the diet in the sufficient amount. Different individuals have different protein requirements depending on their age, sex and weight.

The elderly individuals must have the high proteins than younger person. If this condition is not fulfill, the elder person must given the drug that has high affinity and require a high dosage. The person that constitutes less protein requires lower dose than the person with the more protein.

Carissa Hays · Answer 2

The correct answer is - lower dose than person with more protein.

Explanation:

Drugs are work by binding with the protein to enable or inhibit the reaction or process on individual. Proteins that are present in the blood are that carry the receptors to bind such drug component.

A drug need higher dose if the drug has high affinity to bind to protein to express its role in the body. So, the elderly person with less protein need to less dose than the person with more protein.

Thus, the correct answer lower dose than person with more protein.