Opioids, like Oxycontin, are highly addictive. Someone taking such an opioid will develop tolerance for it and increase the dosage. Recall that opioids have multiple effects with different efficacies and explain why development of tolerance can result in a life-threatening situation.
What will be an ideal response?
Opioids have two effects, analgesic at lower doses and suppression of respiration at higher doses. These two effects each have a sigmoidal dose-response, with the respiratory effects being only minimal at relatively high analgesic doses. When a person develops tolerance for the analgesic effects, the response is to increase dosage. As dosage is increased, a person can find inhibitory effects on respiration. Since the respiratory effects are when there has already been suppression of pain, the individual is unaware of depressed respiration and can suffocate.
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