A drug interaction is a situation in which a substance (usually another drug) affects the activity of a drug when both are administered together. This action can be ____ (when the drug's effect is increased) or antagonistic (when the drug's effect is decreased) or a new effect can be produced that neither produces on its own. Typically, interactions between drugs come to mind (drug-drug interaction). However, interactions may also exist between drugs and ____. People taking atorvastatin should not ____ as statin side effects may occur (an example of a drug-food interaction). These interactions may occur out of accidental misuse or due to lack of knowledge about the active ____ involved in the relevant substances. It is therefore easy to see the importance of these pharmacological interactions in the practice of medicine; If a patient is taking two drugs and one of them ____ the effect of the other it is possible that an ____ may occur. The interaction of the two drugs may also increase the risk that ____ will occur. On the other hand, if the action of a drug is reduced it may cease to have any ____ use because of under dosage. Notwithstanding the above, on occasion these ____ may be sought in order to obtain an improved therapeutic effect.&nbsp. Examples of this include the use of ____ to increase its analgesic effect. Or the combination of clavulanic acid with ____ in order to overcome bacterial resistance to the antibiotic. It should also be remembered that there are interactions that, from a theoretical standpoint, may occur but in clinical practice have no important repercussions. The pharmaceutical interactions that are of special interest to the practice of medicine are primarily those that have negative effects for an organism.  The risk that a pharmacological interaction will appear increases as a function of the number of drugs administered to a patient at the same time.Drug interactions may be the result of various processes. These processes may include alterations in the ____ of the drug, such as alterations in the ____, distribution, ____, and excretion of a drug.  Alternatively, drug interactions may be the result of the ____ properties of the drug e.g. the co-administration of a receptor antagonist and an ____ for the same receptor.

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