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Aqueous solution
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One or more drugs dissolved in water
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Aqueous suspension
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One or more drugs finely divided in a liquid such as water
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Caplet
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A solid form, shaped like a capsule, coated and easily swallowed
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Capsule
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A gelatinous container to hold a drug in powder, liquid, or oil form
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Elixir
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A sweetened and aromatic solution of alcohol used as a vehicle for medicinal agents
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Liniment
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A medication mixed with alcohol, oil, or soapy emollient and applied to the skin
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Lozenge ( troche)
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A flat, round, or oval preparation that dissolves and releases a drug when held in the mouth
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Tincture
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An alcoholic or water- and- alcohol solution prepared from drugs derived from plants
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Drug tolerance
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exists in a person who has unusually low physiological response to a drug and who requires increases in the dosage to maintain a given therapeutic effect.
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A cumulative effect
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is the increasing response to repeated doses of a drug that occurs when the rate of administration exceeds the rate of metabolism or excretion.
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idiosyncratic effect
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an uncommon response to a drug because of a genetic predisposition
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iatrogenic disease
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disease caused unintentionally by medical therapy
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Illicit drugs
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street drugs
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metabolites
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The products of process where many drug- metabolizing enzymes in the cells detoxify the drugs
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