KROK 1 2008 – Question 169 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A man who has been taking a drug for a long time cannot withhold it because this causes impairment of psychic, somatic and vegetative functions. Name the syndrome of different disturbances caused by drug discontinuation:
- A. Idiosyncrasy
- B. Cumulation
- C. Abstinence
- D. Sensibilization
- E. Tachyphylaxis
Hint
Think about the term for the group of mental, somatic and autonomic disturbances that appears when a drug on which the body depends is suddenly stopped.
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