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If med says a person with a low gfr should take a lower does, will the person get the same benefit and side effects at lower dosage due?
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Yes: At lower gfr, less of medication or it's end product with metabolism will be excreted so you need less dose, benefits and side effects will be same at lower dose. If you take usual dose then you will have more side effects.
Answered 7/10/2015
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