What does drug-naive mean?
Drug-naive means (pharmacology, medicine) Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug..
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(pharmacology, medicine) Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug..
D-Amphetamine improved information processing but had no effect on inhibitory control in drug-naive controls.
To address these issues, they recorded electroencephalographic sleep in 20 drug-naive schizophrenic patients, 20 drug-free but previously medicated schizophrenic patients, and 15 normal controls.
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Drug-naive means (pharmacology, medicine) Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug..
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D-Amphetamine improved information processing but had no effect on inhibitory control in drug-naive controls.
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