When the combination of two drugs results in an acute effect that is equivalent to the sum of the effects of either drug administered separately, the effect is known as __________.

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When two drugs have an additive effect, their combined effect is the sum of their individual effects. This means that neither drug enhances nor inhibits the effect of the other, resulting in an overall effect that is simply the addition of each drug's effect.

When the Combination of Two Drugs Results in an Acute