{"id":329,"date":"2020-02-16T10:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T05:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicineplexus.com\/?p=329"},"modified":"2020-02-16T10:45:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T05:15:52","slug":"drug-dependence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicineplexus.com\/drug-dependence\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug dependence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Drug dependence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Repeated administration of certain drugs may induce a habit and dependence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the habit-forming agent is not made available to the habitu\u00e9, he develops withdrawal symptoms characterized by psychic\/physical disturbances like headache, restlessness & emotional upset and\/or convulsions & vasomotor collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHO definition <\/strong>\u00e0<\/strong>,<\/strong> \u2018A state, psychic & sometimes also physical, resulting from the interaction between a living organism & a drug, characterized by behavioral & <\/strong>other responses that always include a compulsion to take the drug on a continuous or periodic basis in order to experience its psychic effects & sometimes to avoid the discomfort of its absence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tolerance may or may not be present. A person may be dependent on more than one drug\u2019. Withdrawal of a drug can precipitate a drug withdrawal syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drug dependence is of 3 type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drugs causing dependence<\/strong> include<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psilocybine, Psilocin, Dimethyl tryptamine,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Role of Dopamine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n