Drug Tolerance and Addiction Quiz

• A temporary sensitivity to a drug after repeated administration
• A permanent sensitivity to a drug after a single administration
• A decrease in drug metabolism after repeated administration
• An acquired resistance to the usual dose of a drug, requiring more drugs to produce the same effect (correct)

• Reduced metabolism of the drug and increased sensitivity and number of receptors
• Increased metabolism of the drug or decreased sensitivity and number of receptors (correct)
• Only decreased sensitivity and number of receptors
• Only increased metabolism of the drug

• A type of drug allergy
• A type of bacterial resistance
• An acute form of acquired tolerance occurring within few minutes (correct)
• A chronic form of acquired tolerance occurring over weeks

<p>Due to a transient saturation of the cell receptors with the drug (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tolerance to a drug may extend to related drugs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers