Drug Dependence

Preferred Label : Drug Dependence;

NCIt synonyms : Chemical Dependence;

NCIt definition : Drug dependence - replaced the term drug addiction and is defined as a state, psychic and sometimes also physical, resulting from the interaction between a living organism and a drug, characterized by behavioral and other responses that always include a compulsion to take the drug on a continuous or periodic basis in order to experience its psychic effects, and sometimes to avoid the discomfort of its absence. Tolerance may or may not be present. A person may be dependent on more than one drug.;

Details

Origin ID

C3894;

UMLS CUI

C1510472;

False automatic mappings
- Drug dependence (in pregnancy) [MedDRA LLT]
Semantic type(s)
- Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- ADDICTION ANY DRUG [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Addiction to drugs [MedDRA LLT]
- Addictive substance use [HPO term]
- DRUG DEPENDENCE [WHO-ART High Level Term]
- Dependence drug (NOS) [MedDRA LLT]
- Dependent drug abuse (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Drug Dependence [ICNP diagnostic]
- Drug addiction [MedDRA LLT]
- Drug dependence [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Drug dependence [ICD-9 code]
- Drug dependence (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Drug dependence NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- Drug dependence, unspecified [MedDRA LLT]
- Psychoactive substance dependence (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Unknown or unspecified psychoactive substance dependence [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Unspecified drug dependence [MedDRA LLT]
- Unspecified drug dependence [ICD-9 code]
- dependent drug abuse [SNOMED Notion]
- drug addiction [Disease (Nov.)]
- drug dependence [MeSH concept]
- psychoactive substance dependence, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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