A patient has been treated for 3 years for lung cancer.Over the past few months,she has noticed that the opioid analgesic she has been taking is not helping as much and says she needs to take more medication for the same pain relief.Which of the following is this patient experiencing?

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Opioid tolerance is a common physiologic result of long-term opioid use.Patients with opioid tolerance require larger doses of the opioid agent to maintain the same level of analgesia.

A Patient Has Been Treated for 3 Years for Lung