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Originally Posted by waves
However, if considering two adults of about the same height and build, where one is skinny and one is rotund, I don't see it.
Are you saying that if I, who weigh 140lb, were to put on another 140lbs, my plasma volume would double?
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I'm guessing there would have to be a constant so it wouldn't increase by the same proportion as weight, but still in a linear fashion. I found an interesting article that brings up *all kinds* of considerations in the case of obese patients... not just blood volume. Apparently med absorption can increase or decrease depending on the specific characteristics of the med.... I am not going to hazard a guess with gapapentin, lol:
http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/jo...ons-in-obesity
(The article discusses mostly drugs associated with orthopedic surgery, but it talks about the whys and the wherefores... and these are quite interesting, and diverse!
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Happy reading to anyone interested.