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drug-seeking behavior

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drug-seeking behavior (DSB),
a pattern of seeking narcotic pain medication or tranquilizers with forged prescriptions, false identification, repeated requests for replacement of "lost" drugs or prescriptions, complaints of severe pain without an organic basis, and abusive or threatening behavior manifested when denied drugs.

drug-seeking behavior
Medtalk Any activity–eg, visiting the ER with spurious complaints of pain, claiming allergy to other agents–especially, analgesics–with the same effect, which are not the sought agent; DSB is almost invariably focused on obtaining prescriptions to addictive controlled substances–eg, oxycodone


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The drug-seeking behavior and physical dependence is derived from the above changes in brain function.
Boston -- Adolescents with under-treated chronic pain may develop pseudoaddiction to their pain medications, which would involve the demonstration of drug-seeking behaviors that are easy to confuse with true addiction.
Instead, Buckwalter prescribed 100 pills of hydrocodone, a potent narcotic, even though experts said she exhibited obvious drug-seeking behavior.
 
 
 
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