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3. A patient has been taking a prescribed medicine for a long time & finds that the medicine NO

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Arlecino [84]3 years ago

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Answer:

They developed a tolerance.

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Think of it like this, when one develops an addiction to any substance (not just drugs), they constantly find themselves needing more and more of that substance in order to get the same effects. This works the same way with medicines.

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