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drug dependence
Etiology:
- adverse effect of drug tolerance
Clinical manifestations:
- drug-withdrawal may occur if the drug is stopped abruptly or when antagonists of the drug are administered
Differential diagnosis:
- differs from drug addiction (which includes a component of opiate use for effects other than relief of pain)*
* addiction as defined does not necessitate drug dependence
Related
addiction (psychological dependence)
drug tolerance; drug habituation
pseudoaddiction
substance abuse
Specific
benzodiazepine dependence
opioid dependence; chronic opioid use
physical dependence
substance withdrawal
General
drug adverse effect(s) of
metabolic disease
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006