If a drug displays first-order elimination kinetics, what happens to the amount eliminated per unit time as plasma concentration decreases?
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Correct answer: Decreases
In first-order kinetics elimination is proportional to concentration; thus as concentration decreases, the amount eliminated per unit time decreases.
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