If a patient experiences liver failure impairing detoxification processes, which consequence follows regarding drug metabolism?

💡 Explanation

Increased bioavailability occurs because liver failure reduces the first-pass metabolism, the process by which the liver breaks down drugs before they reach systemic circulation; therefore, a greater proportion of the drug enters the bloodstream, rather than being metabolized by the liver.

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