Maurie regularly takes a pain reliever for her back pain. after a few weeks, she notices that she needs to increase the amount of pain-relieving drug that she takes each day in order to achieve the same level of pain relief. the phenomenon that maurie is experiencing is called drug

Drug tolerance

Drug tolerance is a condition in which a drug’s effect is reduced as an individual continues to use it. An individual with a drug tolerance has to administer larger doses of the same drug in order to obtain the same desired effect exhibited by the drug initially. For the question given above, the phenomenon that Maurie is experiencing is called drug tolerance.

the menstrual cycle – higher tier. negative feedback mechanisms affect the production of hormones in the menstrual cycle. oestrogen also stimulates the release of lh (luteinising hormone) from the pituitary gland, which in turn controls the production of progesterone.