Based on the pH of your drug, if your drug was in a high concentration in the blood, how would it affect the pH of your blood. Would it cause acidosis or alkalosis, and how would you treat this? the drug name is captopril and the pH is 2.65

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  1. Based on the pH of your drug, if your drug was in a high concentration in the blood, how would it affect the pH of your blood. Would it cause acidosis or alkalosis, and how would you treat this?

the drug name is captopril and the pH is 2.65

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