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What are drug-drug interactions?
Answer:
Intended or unintended effects of drugs on each other.
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What are the possible outcomes of drug-drug interactions?
Answer:
Intensified, diminished, or new effects.
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What are potentiative interactions?
Answer:
Beneficial when they increase therapeutic effects.
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What are inhibitory interactions?
Answer:
Beneficial when they decrease adverse effects.
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What should be avoided when combining drugs?
Answer:
Combining two or more drugs in the same container.
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What can drug interactions result in?
Answer:
Increased or decreased absorption.
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What is the result of competition for protein binding?
Answer:
Rarely a sustained or significant increase in plasma levels of free drug.
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What can drugs that induce hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes do?
Answer:
Accelerate the metabolism of other drugs.
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What may be necessary when an inducing agent is added to the regimen?
Answer:
Increase the dosages of other drugs.
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What may be necessary when an inducing agent is discontinued?
Answer:
Reduce the dosages of other drugs.
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What is the result of a drug that inhibits the metabolism of other drugs?
Answer:
Increased levels, usually detrimental.
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What is the result of drugs that act as antagonists at a particular receptor?
Answer:
Diminished effects of drugs that act as agonists at that receptor.
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When is the result of drugs that act as antagonists beneficial?
Answer:
When they prevent toxic effects of the agonist.
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When is the result of drugs that act as antagonists detrimental?
Answer:
When they prevent therapeutic effects of the agonist.
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What should be avoided when combining drugs that are toxic to the same
organ?
Answer:
Combining them if possible.