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What is a tachyphylaxis?

What is a tachyphylaxis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A rapidly decreasing response to a drug following administration of the initial doses.
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The rate of development of tachyphylaxis to the pressor effect was found to be greater with pseudoephedrine than with ephedrine.
Indomethacin does not seem to show tachyphylaxis.
Total renal blood flow was not affected, and there were no signs of increased blood methemoglobin concentrations or tachyphylaxis.
With repeated administration every 12 to 24 hours, response becomes less effective due to tachyphylaxis.
Giving methotrexate concurrently, however, suppressed tachyphylaxis, probably by preventing the production of human antichimeric antibodies.
Once-weekly dosing might lessen the risk of side effects or tachyphylaxis, she noted.

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