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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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