A patient with severe burns receives a water-soluble drug. If edema significantly increases their total body water volume, which consequence follows regarding the drug's effect?

💡 Explanation

Increased total body water expands the drug's distribution volume. Because the drug disperses across a larger fluid volume, its plasma concentration decreases, therefore leading to a reduced therapeutic effect, rather than increased bioavailability or clearance changes.

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