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Withdrawal symptoms are most directly caused by which of the following processes?
(A) tolerance
(B) dissociation
(C) activiation-synthesis
(D) role theory
(E) antagonists
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Answer
(A) tolerance
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Explanation
Most drugs produce increased tolerance with repeated uses—the need for increasing amounts of a drug in order to produce the same physiological effects. This tolerance gradually changes the levels of specific neurotransmitters in the brain, so when a person stops using the drug, withdrawal symptoms occur as the body and brain readjust and compensate for altered levels of these neurotransmitters. The other concepts listed in the answers are not related to the tolerance-withdrawal cause-effect cycle.
Posted : 09/07/2024 4:40 pm