Question

Which term best describes the situation in which a sleep medication taken with alcohol causes loss of consciousness?
A.
drug antagonism
B.
drug synergism
C.
additive interaction

Answer 1

the right answer is a. drug synergism

Answer 2

Answer:

Option B. Drug synergism is the correct answer.

Explanation:

A. Drug antagonism - It is an interaction between two or more drugs which supposedly has opposite effects on ones body.

B. Drug synergism - The drug synergism occurs when effects of two or more different kind of drugs are escalated when they are administered combined or jointly. Their impact is thus greater than their overall combined effects.

C. Additive interaction - An additive interaction is the differential reduction in the absolute risk which is associated with one factor between different levels of another factor

So, the situation in which a sleep medication taken with alcohol causes loss of consciousness is termed as Drug synergism.