Dependence abuse

Abuse Dependence - Acute toleronce to euphoriant effect leads to increase dose and frequency... 

Abuse Dependence Compulsive frequent use related to atereotypleal pot terns of use... 

Group therapy for substance abuse/dependence includes more than three people (ideally 8 to 10) who interact in the same room for 90 to 120 minutes. Group therapy provides patients with the opportunity to bond with others and the advantages of this can be mutual identification dealing with... 

Important outcome indicators to evaluate postintoxication and/or postwithdrawal treatment of substance abuse and dependence can be divided into three major groups decreased consumption of substances, decreased problems associated with substance use, and increased psychosocial functioning. Although it is less commonly employed, a quality-of-life scale can help determine how substance abuse/dependence treatment has affected your patients lives. If you are involved in the cost-justification of services, a cost-benefit analysis could also become important, although this is more often used at the administrative level,... 

Drug abuse/dependence Description of types of abuse that can occur with the drug and the adverse reactions pertinent to them... 

Abuse/Dependency Chronic use of laxatives, particularly stimulants, may lead to laxative dependency, which in turn may result in fluid and electrolyte imbalances, steatorrhea, osteomalacia, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and a poorly functioning colon. Also known as laxative abuse syndrome (LAS), it is difficult to diagnose. Cathartic colon Cathartic colon, a poorly functioning colon, results from the chronic abuse of stimulant cathartics. 

Like the benzodiazepines, buspirone appears to be safe even when given in very high doses. The most common side effects are dizziness, light-headedness, and headache. Abuse, dependence, and withdrawal have not been reported, and buspirone administration does not produce any cross-tolerance to the benzodiazepines. Buspirone has been reported to increase blood pressure in patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and it may increase plasma levels of haloperidol if coadministered with that agent. 

Adolescents with mood lability and marijuana abuse/dependency in outpatient treatment... 

PTSD is linked with the increased likelihood of other psychiatric disorders occurring at the same time. Some 88% of men and 79% of women with PTSD meet the criteria for another psychiatric disorder. The most common disorders that men have at the same time as PTSD are alcohol abuse or dependence (51.9%), major depressive episodes (47.9%), conduct disorders (43.3%), and drug abuse and dependence (34.5%). The psychiatric disorders that most frequently cooccur with PTSD in women are major depressive disorders (48.5%), simple phobias (29%), social phobias (28.4%), and alcohol abuse/dependence (27.9%). These statistics may indicate that people with PTSD are more susceptible to psychiatric disturbances in general. 

The major benefit of BZDs may be in diminishing some of the secondary symptoms of an acute exacerbation (e.g., insomnia, agitation, panic, and other general anxiety symptoms) that are not necessarily rapidly and specifically affected by lithium or antipsychotics. With this approach, exposure to antipsychotics may be precluded in some situations and kept to a minimum in others, thus avoiding the potential for more serious antipsychotic-induced adverse effects. Additionally, given the high comorbidity with alcohol abuse/dependence, concurrent withdrawal symptoms may also be managed with BZDs. 

BASIC NEUROBIOLOGY OF DRUG ABUSE DEPENDENCE VERSUS ADDICTION... 

To define various terms used in the study of drug abuse, including use, abuse, dependence, intoxication, withdrawal. 

The addictive quality and the speed with which tolerance to the drug developed was becoming apparent, and in the 1970s medical literature issued frequent reports of methaqualone abuse, dependence, and withdrawal. Hospital admissions and fatalities related to methaqualone grew exponentially. In 1982, there were a reported 2,764 emergency room visits attributed to Quaalude use. 

Aragona M. Abuse, dependence, and epileptic seizures after zolpidem withdrawal. Review and case report. Clin Neuropharmacol 2000 23(5) 281-3. 

Metamfetamine has been abused for more than 80 years. It is easily synthesized in home laboratories and has a low street price, more prolonged effects, and a high potential for abuse/dependency. It is therefore not surprising that there has been a worldwide surge in its use in recent years. It is often sold as crank , speed , shabu , meth , chalk , crystal , glass , or ice. ... 

If clonazepam can be considered a long-acting alprazolam-like anxiolytic , then alprazolam XR can be considered an even longer-acting clonazepam-like anxiolytic with the potential of improved tolerability features in terms of less euphoria, abuse, dependence, and withdrawal problems, but this has not been proven... 

Soyka M, De Vry J. Flupenfhixol as a potential pharmacofreafmenf of alcohol and cocaine abuse/dependence. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2000 f 0 (5) 325-32. 

Nonbarbiturate sedative-hypnotics have a similar mechanism of action as barbiturates and have high potential for tolerance, abuse, dependence, overdose, and withdrawal reactions. Chloral hydrate is still commonly used today due to its efficacy as a short-term sedative hypnotic and low cost. Chloral hydrate should not be used in patients with severe renal, hepatic, or cardiac disease. 

Often, especially in more chronic cases, major depression, alcohol abuse, dependency, or both develop along with primary panic symptoms. In that event, appropriate antidepressant medication treatment and/or involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous or a chemical-dependency treatment program becomes necessary. 

VV. K. (1992). Should caffeine abuse, dependence or withdrawal be added to DSM-IV or ICD-10 American Journal of Psychiatry,... 

It is estimated that 25-50% of patients in long-term care facilities suffer from neuropsychiatric disorders that are functionally impairing/ At least 26% of incarcerated adults and 52% of children in the juvenile justice system meet criteria for a DSM-IV-TR disorder/ When substance abuse/dependency is included in the adult population, the incidence rises to 71%. Psychiatric pharmacist specialists can provide consultation on optimizing drug therapy for patients in these settings. 

The 17 - N- a 11 y I - (n a I o x o n e. 3a) and 17 - /V-c v c lop I opv I m e t h v I (naltrexone, 3b) analogues of oxymorphone (2d) are the prototype opioid receptor antagonists with some selectivity for MOR. They have entered clinical practice as treatments for narcotic overdose (naloxone) and alcoholism or opioid abuse/dependence (naltrexone). The 17-quatemary derivative of naltrexone, methylnaltrexone (4) has recently been introduced into clinical practice as a treatment for opiate-induced bowel dysfunction [1],... 

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