Drug tolerance
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Physiological tolerance or drug tolerance is commonly encountered in pharmacology, when a subject's reaction to a specific drug and concentration of the drug is progressively reduced, requiring an increase in concentration to achieve the desired effect.
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See also
- Desensitization
- Sensitization
- Physical dependence
- Mithridatization
- Reverse tolerance
- Cross-tolerance
- Drug resistance
- Tachyphylaxis
- Multidrug resistance
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