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Health care

Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.

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craving

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Hunger for drugs. It is caused by drug-induced changes that occur in the brain with the development of addiction and arises from a need of the brain to maintain a state of ...

run

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A binge of (more or less) uninterrupted consumption of a drug for several hours or days. This pattern of drug use is typically associated with stimulants, but is seen with alcohol ...

naltrexone

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A long-lasting opiate antagonist used for the treatment of heroin addiction, and more recently used for the treatment of alcohol addiction.

habilitate

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The process of teaching the skills needed for successful living. Habilitation helps people recover from addiction by teaching life skills that were never learned because drug use ...

mescaline

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A naturally occurring hallucinogenic drug that acts on the serotonin receptor.

maintenance treatment

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Treatment for opiate addiction that involves giving the addict a synthetic opiate (methadone or LAAM) to prevent the withdrawal and craving that often provoke relapse.