A Patient Reports That a Medication No Longer Effectively Alleviates

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient reports that a medication no longer effectively alleviates symptoms. What process informs the provider's response to the patient's concerns?

• A) Endogenous antagonists compete with the drug for receptor sites.
• B) Decreased selectivity for receptors results in a variety of effects.
• C) Desensitization of receptor sites results from continual exposure to the drug.
• D) Additional receptor sites are synthesized in response to the medication.

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