Metabolic tolerance occurs when receptors become less sensitive due to being stimulated repeatedly by a drug over time.

Name: Metabolic tolerance occurs when receptors become less sensitive due to being stimulated repeatedly by a drug over time.
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Metabolic tolerance occurs when the body becomes more efficient at metabolizing a drug, not because receptors become less sensitive. Receptor desensitization is a different mechanism of tolerance.

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