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If two drugs are taken together and one of them intensifies the action of the other, potentiation is the type of type of drug interaction has occurred.
What are the types of drug interaction ?
Drug-drug interactions is the process which involve the prescription or nonprescribed drugs, different types of drug-drug interactions are duplication, opposition or antagonism and alteration.
Duplication can be defined as when two drugs have same effect and their side effects may be intensified, it may occur when people inadvertently take two drugs having same active ingredient.
Opposition or antagonism can be defined as when Two drugs with opposite actions can interact, reduce the effectiveness of one or both, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen are common type of drug.
If a person takes both types of drug, the NSAID reduce the diuretic's effectiveness and beta-blockers like propranolol are taken to control high blood pressure and heart disease and it counteract beta-adrenergic stimulants.
Alteration is the mechanism where one drug can change how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes another drug, Acid-blocking drugs, like histamine-2 (H2) blockers and proton pump inhibitors.
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