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Factors Affecting Response to Medications
  • Overview of Response to Medications
    • Effects of age on drug response
  • Adherence to Medication
    • Results of not adhering
    • Children and adherence
    • Older adults and adherence
    • Improving adherence
  • Drug Interactions
    • Drug-Drug Interactions
      • Duplication
      • Opposition (antagonism)
      • Alteration
    • Drug-Nutrient Interactions
      • Food
      • Dietary supplements
      • Alcohol
    • Drug-Disease Interactions
  • Genetic Makeup and Response to Medications
  • Tolerance and Resistance to Medications
    • Tolerance
    • Resistance
    • Prevention and Treatment
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