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2. Cocaine dependence - Wikipedia

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   Cocaine dependence is a neurological disorder that is characterized by withdrawal symptoms upon cessation from cocaine use. [1] It also often coincides with cocaine addiction which is a biopsychosocial disorder characterized by persistent use of cocaine and/or crack despite substantial harm and adverse consequences.

3. Drug detoxification - Wikipedia

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   Some addiction medicine practitioners use the term withdrawal management instead of detoxification. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A detoxification program for physical dependence does not necessarily address the precedents of addiction , social factors, psychological addiction, or the often-complex behavioral issues that intermingle with addiction.

4. Substance-related disorder - Wikipedia

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   Number with a drug use disorders by substance, OWID. Substance-related disorders, also known as substance use disorders, can lead to large societal problems.It is found to be greatest in individuals ages 18–25, with a higher likelihood occurring in men compared to women, and urban residents compared to rural residents.

5. Treatment and management of addiction - Wikipedia

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   If treatment begins too early, it can cause a person to become defensive and resistant to change. [3] [4] A biosocial approach to the treatment of addiction brings to the fore the social determinants of illness and wellbeing and considers the dynamic and reciprocal relationships that exist for, and influence, the individual's experience. [5]

6. Cocaine vaccine: could a promising treatment reach ... - AOL

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   An experimental cocaine vaccine may help addicts end their addictions by inhibiting the drug's effects on the brain -- that is, preventing the high -- according to a National Institute on Drug ...

7. Substance dependence - Wikipedia

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   Substance dependence, also known as drug dependence, is a biopsychological situation whereby an individual's functionality is dependent on the necessitated re-consumption of a psychoactive substance because of an adaptive state that has developed within the individual from psychoactive substance consumption that results in the experience of withdrawal and that necessitates the re-consumption ...