Posted by Squiggles on December 3, 2006, at 10:02:02
In reply to Re: Maybe all drugs are like this » Squiggles, posted by linkadge on December 3, 2006, at 9:32:04
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> >After a brief description of the terminology, the
> >phenomena of tachyphylaxis, tolerance and drug >resistance are analysed
> >and critically described on the basis of the >available evidence.
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> This is the same interpratation. The abstact you gave provides no quantification of the incidence, nor does it dismiss the occurence.
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> Linkadge
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>I don't have access to the full article, but
this is a general explanation. You have not
provided statistical quotes on drugs stopping
to work either.
"On the question of medical causes, irrational prescriptions and poor compliance with the
prescribed regimen stand as two major issues whose prevalence is worrying. In order to limit the waste of professional responsibility and
economic resources, efforts aimed at reducing the present insufficiencies are needed at organisational and educational levels."As I said before, the above provides a wider
spectrum of possible errors in prescribing, with
the "apparent" result of the drug not working
anymore... for example, the loading speed, dose
and time; the possible change in brand or generic;
the introduction of another drug; the short or long wash-out period, a medical change in the patient -- all these variables should
be considered before putting the onus on the drug alone, as if it has a mysterious self-regulating end.Squiggles
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