Drug dependence

MONDO:0005303

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.

Also known as: chemical dependence

1366 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 14 tagged with Drug dependence itself.

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Sub-types of Drug dependence

Opiate dependence 545 trials
2 sub-types
- Heroin dependence 2 trials
- Morphine dependence 2 trials
Nicotine dependence 412 trials
Cannabis dependence 218 trials
Methamphetamine dependence 63 trials
Cocaine dependence 51 trials
Alcohol dependence 44 trials
Hallucinogen dependence 1 trial
Alcohol and nicotine codependence 0 trials
Barbiturate dependence 0 trials
Phencyclidine abuse 0 trials

Including sub-types (1366) Tagged with Drug dependence (14)

Trials to join now! 2 Not yet recruiting 2 Not yet finished but already full! 2 Completed 8

Drug dependence

Where it sits in the disease tree

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