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What is tolerance A Over time the user takes less of a drug to feel the effect B Over time the user takes more and more of a drug to feel the same effect C The drug has no effect on the user ove?
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What is it called when it takes an increasing amount of a drug to have the same effect?
Tolerance builds up to a drug, even when the medication is kept at the same dosage over time.
Reduced effect of a drug after repeated use?
tolerance
What is an adverse effect of nitroglycerin to diminish drug tolerance?
Headache
What develops after repeated drug use when the user finds that it takes more of a drug to feel the same effect felt when first using the drug?
This is called tolerance. Tolerance is built up by using a drug repeatedly over a period of time. This is true for pharmacutical drugs, as well as illegal substances, and alchohol. As a person's tolerance grows, they may need more amounts of the drug, and may need it more frequently.
Is it true or false that tolerance requires that you use more of the drug to achieve the same high or medical effect?
True, but not all drugs have a tolerance effect.
Drug addicts require larger amounts of the drug to create a dopamine floodor high This effect is known as what?
tolerance
What are the 4 stages of chemical dependency?
Experimentation, desired effect, tolerance, and drug dependence
The body's need for larger and larger amounts of a drug to produce the same effect?
tolerance
What can occur from a drug when a person develops a tolerance to it's effects?
Physical dependence occurs when a person develops a tolerance to the effects of a drug and needs larger and larger doses to achieve intoxication or another desired effect.
What is the name given to a person needing more and more of a drug to feel its effects?
The term for needing increasing amounts of a drug to achieve the same effect is tolerance. Tolerance occurs when the body adapts to the drug and requires higher doses to produce the desired effects.
When the body requires larger and larger doses of a drug to experience the same effect that a smaller dose once produced is?
Drug tolerant
Difference to being tolerant on a drug and dependent?
Tolerance means that an increased amount of the drug is needed to achieve the same effect as before. Dependence can be physical or psychological. Dependence is referring to a need for the drug in order to function normally. Someone that is dependent on a drug likely has a high tolerance for the drug. However, someone can have a high tolerance for the drug and not go through withdrawals or have other negative effects when the drug is not used anymore.
