What is Opium addiction?

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Opium addiction: An uncontrollable desire to use opium on a regular basis. Opium may may be prescribed by a physician for the purpose of pain relief but patients may become physically dependent on the drug and continue to obsessively use it even after the condition it was prescribed for has resolved. In other cases, opium addiction results from the illicit use of the drug for recreational purposes. Frequent use leads to an increased tolerance to the drug so higher and higher doses are required to achieve the desired euphoric feeling.

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Broader types of Opium addiction:

Complications of Opium addiction: see complications of Opium addiction

Causes of Opium addiction: see causes of Opium addiction

Symptoms of Opium addiction: see symptoms of Opium addiction

Complications of Opium addiction: see complications of Opium addiction

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Opium addiction.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Opium addiction.

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Opium addiction: Psychiatrist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Opium addiction.
Treatments for Opium addiction: see treatments for Opium addiction

Main name of condition: Opium addiction

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