Drug dependence
Definition
Drug dependence means that a person needs a drug to function normally. Abruptly stopping the drug leads to withdrawal symptoms.
Drug Dependence & Abuse Overview
Drug abuse and drug dependence represent different ends of the same disease process.
Drug dependence
Alternate Names : Drug addiction, Addiction - drug, Dependence on drugs
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Narcotic Drug Dependence
What is narcotic drug dependence?
Narcotics change your response to sensations. Narcotics also produce mood changes, unconsciousness, or deep sleep. The primary medical use of these drugs is to reduce pain.
Naltrexone is used to treat alcohol or opioid drug dependence. It reduces the pleasurable effects of alcohol and helps block the effects of narcotic (opioid) drugs, such as heroin. It may help reduce your cravings for opioid drugs.
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Dihydrocodeine can produce drug dependence of the codeine type and has the potential of being abused (see DRUG ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE).
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Drug dependence (drug addiction)
Drug addiction is craving and compulsively using a drug despite any negative consequences.
Drug dependence and tolerance are different from drug abuse or addiction. Physical tolerance occurs when a person needs additional amounts of a drug to achieve the same effect as a lower dose had previously caused.
Drug dependence refers to long-term, compulsive drug use, perhaps with attempts to stop but repeatedly returns to drug use. Drug dependence also means that your body has begun to require the drug in higher doses to avoid withdrawal symptoms.
Drug Dependence, Unspecified; Drug Addiction NOS; Drug Dependence NOS
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Drug dependence is a disease. It's not a weakness or a lack of willpower. It's your choice to begin using a drug. But as you use it more, your brain begins to change.
Drug dependence or addiction occurs when you develop a physical or emotional "need" for a drug. You are unable to control your use of a drug despite the negative impact it has on your life.
Drug dependence is characterized by impaired control over the drug, preoccupation with use, continued use despite negative consequence, and sometimes evidence of physical dependence on the drug.
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Reviewed last on: 10/18/2008
Jennifer K. Mannheim, CRNP, private practice, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Drug abuse and drug dependence have a large impact on society, as well. More than half of the estimated cost of drug abuse is tied to drug-related crime, the NIDA says.
For people with drug dependence problems, there is no quick solution and no ’cure‘ for drug abuse.
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"Stress, dysregulation of drug reward pathways, and the transition to drug dependence". Am J Psychiatry 164 (8): 1149-59. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.05030503. PMID 17671276. ...
Maintenance therapy Treatment of drug dependence by prescription of a substitute drug for which cross-dependence and cross-tolerance exist. The term is sometimes in reference to a less hazardous form of the same drug used in the treatment.
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In 1992 the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine published a definition reflecting the current understanding of the disease: "Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, ...
The level of drug dependence or severity of addiction
Any previous dependency problems with other drugs
The person's motivation for change regarding their drug use
Lifestyle issues - such as housing, employment and relationships.
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence estimates that parents who talk with their children regularly about the danger from drugs (including alcohol) have children who are 42 percent less likely to use these substances.
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According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, almost 18 million Americans abuse alcohol.
Illicit substances that cause drug dependence and addiction in the mother also cause the fetus to become addicted. At birth, the baby's dependence on the substance continues.
A single definition for drug dependence is elusive. Concepts that aid in defining drug dependence are tolerance and psychologic and physical dependence.
People with social phobia are at high risk for alcohol or other drug dependence, because they may come to rely on drinks or drugs to relax in social situations.
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As a result, people over the age of sixty-five are at higher risk of experiencing the harmful effects of barbiturates, including drug dependence and accidental overdose.
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Avoid potentially dangerous ways of coping with anxiety, like smoking, alcohol, drug dependence or abnormal eating patterns.
Express your feelings to someone you trust and can talk with comfortably. This often leads to a relief of anxious feelings.
Almost every drug passes from the mother's bloodstream through the placenta to the fetus. Illicit substances that cause drug dependence and addiction in the mother also cause the fetus to become addicted.
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This is partly because there is a risk of problems of drug dependence, impaired mental functioning and other side-effects with the long-term use of opiates. Also, the medicines listed above tend to work better anyway for neuropathic pain.
During pregnancy, nearly every substance taken by a woman passes from her blood stream through the placenta to her fetus. Substances that cause drug dependence and addiction in the mother also cause the fetus to become addicted.
If you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant, a wide range of health issues may be important to you: medical care; family planning services; help with tobacco, alcohol or drug dependence; nutrition assistance; classes or just advice.
These drugs bring rapid relief from anxiety symptoms, but they also can lead to drug dependence. As an alternative, doctors may prescribe the antianxiety drug buspirone (BuSpar).
Phenobarbital has fewer toxic effects on other parts of the body than most anti-epileptic drugs, and drug dependence is unusual, given the low doses used for patients with epilepsy.
The Joint Committee of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism. JAMA 1992; 268:1012.
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with all painful conditions, it's best to take a stepped approach, using simpler painkillers first and gradually going up in drug strength as necessary. It is, however, more important to achieve good pain control than to worry about drug dependence.
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Still, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) does not have a diagnosis for sex addiction, although it does have diagnoses for other addictions such as alcohol dependence, drug dependence, and eating disorders.
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