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

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