Will visits the emergency room because of a badly broken leg. He is given a narcotic pain killer, but quickly becomes extremely dizzy and disoriented, and vomits. Will is then given another medication, naloxone, and soon begins to feel better. The effect of naloxone on the narcotic pain killer is known as ____
A) undesirable antagonism
B) desirable antagonism
C) desirable potentiation
D) undesirable potentiation
B
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