Abnormal child-pugh classification

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A 62-year-old patient with chronic alcoholism and underlying hepatitis C presents for treatment. Liver function tests show an elevated MELD score and an abnormal Child-Pugh classification. This patient requires a medicine that is extensively metabolized by the liver. How should the clinician proceed.

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