Rebound effect
Rebound effect
Rebound effect (pronunciation: /ˈriː.baʊnd ɪˈfɛkt/) is a medical phenomenon that occurs when a person stops taking certain types of medications, leading to the return of the symptoms that the medication was treating, often in a more severe form.
Etymology
The term "rebound effect" comes from the English words "rebound", meaning to bounce back, and "effect", referring to a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause. In the medical context, it refers to the return of symptoms after discontinuation of treatment.
Related Terms
- Withdrawal: The group of symptoms that occur upon the abrupt discontinuation or decrease in intake of medications or recreational drugs.
- Tolerance (medicine): A phenomenon where a patient's reaction to a specific drug progressively reduces, requiring an increase in dosage to achieve the same effect.
- Dependence (medicine): A state that develops from the repeated consumption of a drug. Its characteristics include a desire to continue taking the drug, difficulties in controlling its use, persisting in its use despite harmful consequences, a higher priority given to drug use than to other activities and obligations, and the possibility of withdrawal symptoms.
- Adverse effect: An undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention such as surgery.
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References
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Rebound effect
- Wikipedia's article - Rebound effect
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