With Repeated Use of a Drug, More of the Drug

question 78

Multiple Choice

 With repeated use of a drug, more of the drug is necessary to achieve the same effects. This demonstrates the development of

• A) tolerance.
• B) withdrawal.
• C) sensitization.
• D) cross-tolerance.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of numbers, indicating how much each number differs from the mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the values by the number of values.

Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution that describes the time between events in a Poisson process, where events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the numbers and dividing by the count of numbers.