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General Response
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Addiction | Body response to certain types of drugs that produce physiological need and craving for substance |
| antagonistic action | result observed when medications, used together, have adverse effects or counter act each other |
| cumulative | exaggerated drug effects, occurs when body is unable to metabolic |
| depressive action | effect from drugs that slow cell action |
| habituation | individuals development of a physiological need for a specific medication |
| hypersensitivity | allergic response to a specific drug |
| idiosyncrasy | muscular reaction to a drug |
| irritation | process as well as effect caused by substance |
| paradoxical reaction | drug induced effect that is exact opposite of what is therapeutically intended |
| potentiating agent | pharmaceutical that increases effect of another |
| specific effect | action usually produced by a drug is a selective tissue an organ system |
| side effect | result of a medication |
| stimulation | effect caused by drugs that speed up cell production |
| synergistic effect | result that occurs when drugs given together produce greater reaction |
| tolerance | when certain drug dosage is no longer giving a reaction |