Question

_____ is the development of decreasing sensitivity to a drug because of continued use; whereas _____ is the development of decreasing sensitivity to a drug because of the use of another drug.

Answer 1

The answers are tolerance and cross-tolerance.

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is : Tolerance ; cross-tolerance

Explanation: Tolerance occurs when a person is given a medication continuously and sensitivity to that substance decreases in the individual, that is, his body becomes accustomed to that medication. Cross tolerance occurs when a medicine produces tolerance not only to that medicine but also to another medicine similar to that which produces the same effect or that has the same functions.