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Narrow therapeutic index medications:

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The therapeutic index is the ratio between the median lethal dose and median effective dose of a drug. It provides a general indication of the margin of safety of a drug.
Choice 1 is incorrect because pharmacokinetics is the process of adsorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
Choice 2 is incorrect because narrow therapeutic index drugs require close monitoring since there is often little difference between the desired drug effect and toxicity.
Choice 4 is incorrect because narrow therapeutic index drugs have the potential for severe toxic effects with only slight increases in the dose or slight decreases in elimination.

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