A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing because: Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the: Lungs Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage reservoir of the drug. Storag...