Question

Maurie regularly takes a pain reliever for her back pain. after a few weeks, she notices that she needs to increase the amount of pain-relieving drug that she takes each day in order to achieve the same level of pain relief. the phenomenon that maurie is experiencing is called drug _____.

Answer 1

Drug tolerance

Drug tolerance is a condition in which a drug’s effect is reduced as an individual continues to use it. An individual with a drug tolerance has to administer larger doses of the same drug in order to obtain the same desired effect exhibited by the drug initially. For the question given above, the phenomenon that Maurie is experiencing is called drug tolerance.