A patient is known to have a history of alcohol abuse. In prescribing drug therapy for this patient, the health care provider must consider that the substance to which the patient may be tolerant owing to his alcohol use is:
a. Cocaine
b. Caffeine
c. Benzodiazepines
d. Amphetamines
ANS: C
Cross-tolerance describes the state in which developing a tolerance to one drug also increases the tolerance to a related category of drugs. Tolerance to alcohol, a central nervous system (CNS) depressant, results in cross-tolerance to other CNS depressants such as benzodiazepines and bar-biturates.
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