Two Individuals Administered the Same Dose of a Psychotropic Drug

question 28

Multiple Choice

Two individuals administered the same dose of a psychotropic drug for the very first time may exhibit very different reactions to the drug.This is most likely due to

• A)context-specific tolerance
• B)pharmacodynamic tolerance
• C)dispositional or genetic tolerance
• D)conventional tolerance

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