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Addiction: Substance Abuse

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Traditionally, substance abuse and addiction are closely related, yet have different meanings. Substance abuse occurs when a drug or medication is used in any way other than as prescribed or designed for medical purposes. Addiction is the pattern of behavior associated with the psychologic and physiologic compulsive desire to use a drug or medication, particularly the continued use of the medication even in the setting of it negatively affecting one’s life [1]. The DSM-V, however, essentially defines substance use disorders as traditional addiction. Criteria include requiring more of a substance, “cravings,” inability to control use, spending time thinking about and obtaining a given substance, withdrawal, tolerance, and persistent use despite negative consequences [2].

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Brian Lockhart MD & Michael Nguyen MD

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Lockhart, B., Nguyen, M. (2017). Addiction: Substance Abuse. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_34

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