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theo

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A sigmoid-shaped dose-response curve indicates all of the following except
 
  a. Little clinical response at lower drug doses.
  b. An increased propensity for adverse effects at the region in which the
  dose response curve flattens.
  c. Increasing clinical response with increasing dose in the rapidly rising
  phase of the curse.
  d. Little additional gain in clinical response with increasing dose in the
  region where the dose-response curse begins to flatten after rising
  relatively sharply.

Question 2

Drug concentration measurement can be used for all of the following but which one?
 
  a. To evaluate treatment compliance.
  b. To monitor for toxicity.
  c. To monitor for potential drug-drug interactions.
  d. To ensure that therapeutic drug concentrations have been reached for
  the majority of the drug used in psychopharmacology.


vseab

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d


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