A patient with a current history of drug abuse is admitted to the unit. The next morning the patient begins to display abstinence syndrome. The nurse anticipates signs and symptoms con-sistent with which of the following conditions?
a. Toxicity
b. Psychologic dependence
c. Physical dependence
d. Drug tolerance
C
Physical dependence results in abstinence syndrome.
A patient with toxicity would not display the signs and symptoms of abstinence syndrome.
Psychologic dependence is a subjective need for drugs and does not result in abstinence syn-drome.
Drug tolerance simply means that the patient needs more of the drug to produce the desired ef-fect; it does not relate to abstinence syndrome.
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