Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

The processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment for the dependency on alcohol or narcotic drugs.

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central nervous system (CNS) depressants

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A class of drugs that slow CNS function, some of which are used to treat anxiety and sleeping disorders; includes barbiturates and benzodiazepines.

designer drug

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

An illegally manufactured chemical whose molecular structure is altered slightly from a parent compound to enhance specific effects. Examples include DMT, DMA, DOM, MDA and MDMA (ecstasy).

theophylline

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A chemical cousin of caffeine that is found in tea.

outpatient treatment

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

NonResidential Treatment for drug addiction. Patients live at home, often work, and come to a clinic for treatment.

Any of the psychoactive drugs that originate from the opium poppy or that have a chemical structure like the drugs derived from opium. Such drugs include opium, codeine, and morphine (derived from ...

inpatient treatment

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Residential treatment for drug addiction in a hospital or clinic.

addiction

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A chronic, relapsing disease, characterized by compulsive (loss of control) of drug-seeking and drug-taking despite adverse health, social, or legal consequences to continued use, and by ...