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Potentiation is a pharmacodynamic reaction, an increase in the effect of an agonistic pharmacon, which is associated with an upregulation of receptors. This can be observed, for example, through treatment with a receptor antagonist.
An example is the expression of H2-histamine receptors in the stomach mucosa as a result of treatment with H2-receptor antagonists.
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