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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Tolerance or resistance to an effect or effects of a compound as a result of tolerance previously developed to a pharmacologically similar compound.
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Later that year, 1980, we showed in our laboratory that the opiate antagonist naloxone blocked the action of alcohol on similar tissues, providing further support for the idea of cross-tolerance between alcohol and opiates.7
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Later that year, 1980, we showed in our laboratory that the opiate antagonist naloxone blocked the action of alcohol on similar tissues, providing further support for the idea of cross-tolerance between alcohol and opiates.7
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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No evidence of cross-tolerance to fenoxycarb was observed in the insecticide-resistant strains of C. ferrugineus, 0. surinamensis and R. dominica tested.
Chapter 7 1994
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The group set out to determine whether alcohol and morphine have a cross-tolerance relationship in their effect on opiate receptors in animal tissue; that is, whether alcohol modifies the effect of morphine, and vice versa.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Thus cross-tolerance appeared to be present, suggesting a biochemical commonality between alcohol and opiates.6 In other words, this evidence appeared to indicate that Seevers was wrong and Davis and Walsh were right.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Thus cross-tolerance appeared to be present, suggesting a biochemical commonality between alcohol and opiates.6 In other words, this evidence appeared to indicate that Seevers was wrong and Davis and Walsh were right.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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The group set out to determine whether alcohol and morphine have a cross-tolerance relationship in their effect on opiate receptors in animal tissue; that is, whether alcohol modifies the effect of morphine, and vice versa.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Seevers also pointed out that there is no evidence that alcohol lessens the effect of morphine, or vice versa; in other words, there appears to be no “cross-tolerance” between these drugs.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Seevers also pointed out that there is no evidence that alcohol lessens the effect of morphine, or vice versa; in other words, there appears to be no “cross-tolerance” between these drugs.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Seevers stated that “no specific mutual cross-dependence or cross-tolerance exists between morphine-like drugs and … ethanoi.”
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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