Explain the effect of conditioned drug tolerance and why it may important in cases of drug overdose.
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Explain the effect of conditioned drug tolerance and why it may be important in cases of drug overdose.
Before one can go onto explain the effects of conditioned drug tolerance and its importance in drug overdose, it is vital that key terms are clarified and how they interact with each other. Drug tolerance, can therefore be defined as a "state of decreased sensitivity to a drug that develops as a result of exposure" (Pinel 2000), and …
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…Canada: Wand worth. Le AD.(1979). Conditioned tolerance to the hypothermic effect of alcohol. Science, 206: 1109-1110. Pinel, J.P.J., (1997). Biopsychology (3rd ed.). London: Allyn & Bacon. Siegel, S. (1976). Morphine analgesic tolerance: Its situation specificity supports a Pavlovian conditioning model. Science, 193 : 323-325. Siegel, S. (1978). Science, 200: 344 - 345. Siegel, S. (1982). Heroin overdose death: Contribution of drug-associated environmental cues. Science, 216 : 428- 430. Siegel, S. (1984). Pavlovian conditioning and heroin overdoses: Reports by overdose victims. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 22: 428-430.
