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drug tolerance [′drəg ‚tä·lə·rəns] (medicine) Condition that may follow repeated ingestion of a drug in so that the effect produced by the original dose no longer occurs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This fits with induced drug tolerance, in which an addict becomes less sensitive to the euphoric effects of a drug over time, requiring increasing doses to achieve equal effect. Based on the currently available studies, it is not clear if weight gain with continuing treatment is due to drug tolerance. One of the first signs of trouble often is drug tolerance, which means that you take increasingly larger doses to achieve the same effect. |
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