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For combination of pharmaceuticals, see Combination drug and Polypharmacy. A spoonful of promethazine / codeine cough syrup showing the characteristic purple color that gave rise to the name purple drank. Polysubstance use or poly drug use refers to the use of combined psychoactive substances.
Combined drug intoxication ( CDI ), or multiple drug intake ( MDI ), is a cause of death by drug overdose from poly drug use, often implicated in polysubstance dependence . Deaths by combined drug intoxication are relatively rare (one in several million). [1] [medical citation needed] In 2004, there were 3,800 deaths in the US resulting from a ...
Polysubstance dependence refers to a type of substance use disorder in which an individual uses at least three different classes of substances indiscriminately and does not have a favorite substance that qualifies for dependence on its own. Although any combination of three substances can be used, studies have shown that alcohol is commonly ...
Speedball, powerball, or over and under [1] is the polydrug mixture of a stimulant with a depressant, usually an opioid. The most well-known mixture used for recreational drug use is that of cocaine and heroin; however, amphetamines can also be mixed with morphine and/or fentanyl. A speedball may be taken intravenously or by nasal insufflation.
Benzodiazepine abuse is mostly limited to individuals who abuse other drugs, i.e. poly-drug abusers. Most prescribed users do not abuse their medication, however, some high dose prescribed users do become involved with the illicit drug scene. Abuse of benzodiazepines occurs in a wide age range of people and includes teenagers and the old.
The European Union Drugs Agency ( EUDA) is an agency of the European Union located in Lisbon, Portugal, and established in 1993 as the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) . In June 2022, [4] the Council of the European Union approved a reform of the organization which lead to an extension of its mandate.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits ...
The more recently published DSM-5 combined substance abuse and substance dependence into a single continuum; this is simply known as substance use disorder and requires more presenting symptoms before a diagnosis is made. It also considers each different substance as its own separate disorder, based upon the same basic criteria.