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Drug habituation

MedGen UID:
8488
•Concept ID:
C0013170
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Drug Habituation; Habituation, Drug
SNOMED CT: Drug habituation (9769006)

Definition

process whereby an individual''s response to a drug lessens with repeated use. [from CRISP]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The prevention and management of toxic psychosis and drug habituation.
TUCKER WI
Lahey Clin Bull 1953 Apr;8(4):119-24. PMID: 13053727

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Psychostimulants for depression in the medically ill.
Frierson RL, Wey JJ, Tabler JB
Am Fam Physician 1991 Jan;43(1):163-70. PMID: 1986485
"Accidental conditioning" with chronic methamphetamine intoxication: implications for a theory of drug habituation.
Ellinwood EH Jr
Psychopharmacologia 1971;21(2):131-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00572270. PMID: 5106205
A comparison of monoureide and diureide sedatives; with respect to drug habituation, untoward effects and mortality rates.
FEINBLATT TM, FEINBLATT HM, FERGUSON EA Jr
J Nerv Ment Dis 1957 Apr-Jun;125(2):335-8. PMID: 13481734
The prevention and management of toxic psychosis and drug habituation.
TUCKER WI
Lahey Clin Bull 1953 Apr;8(4):119-24. PMID: 13053727

Prognosis

PHENACETIN NEPHROPATHY.
RAMSAY AG, WHITE DF
Can Med Assoc J 1965 Jan 9;92(2):55-9. PMID: 14228236Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

General observations on drug habituation.
Reinert RE
Bull Menninger Clin 1970 Jul;34(4):195-204. PMID: 5449145

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