What dosage schedule is represented by the graph below? drug dosage schedule a. one pill every hour. b. one pill every 3 hours. c. one pill every 5 hours. d. one pill every 7 hours. a patient takes the recommended dosage of painkiller pills, but does not feel any immediate effect. what should the patient do next? a. continue to take pills until the pain goes away. b. try a different brand of painkillers right away. c. assume the bottle of pills is defective and take a pill from a different bottle. d. wait for a while. the graph below shows the effect of taking a single dose of pill type "e." the maximum tolerance level for this drug is 7 mcg/cc and the minimum effective level is 2 mcg/cc. what is the best dosage schedule for this drug? pill e drug level graph a. take one pill every 2 hours. b. take one pill every 4 hours. c. take one pill every 6 hours. d. take one pill every 12 hours. the graph below shows drug levels in the blood and in a target organ through time, while taking pill type c in the gizmo. the dosage schedule is one pill every two hours. what will eventually happen if the patient continues to take the pill on the same dosage schedule? drug level in blood and target organ a. the drug level in the target organ will continue to increase steadily until an overdose occurs. b. the drug level in the target organ will level off and reach equilibrium. c. after reaching a peak of 200 mcg/cc, the levels of drug in the target organ will decrease steadily back to 0 mcg/cc. d. the drug level in the target organ will fluctuate randomly. suppose that a batch of controlled-release pills intended to be taken every 12 hours were accidentally manufactured without their thick coating. what would be most likely to happen to someone who took one of these pills? a. the medication would be absorbed too quickly. this could cause an overdose. b. the medication would be absorbed too slowly. this could cause the patient not to feel the drug's effects. c. the medication would still be absorbed as intended. d. the drug level in the blood would fluctuate wildly.\