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drug dependence
Disease Summary
Associated Targets (293)
Tbio
150
Tclin
64
Tchem
63
Tdark
16
Mondo Description Drug dependence - replaced the term "drug addiction" and is defined as a state, psychic and sometimes also physical, resulting from the interaction between a living organism and a drug, characterized by behavioral and other responses that always include a compulsion to take the drug on a continuous or periodic basis in order to experience its psychic effects, and sometimes to avoid the discomfort of its absence. Tolerance may or may not be present. A person may be dependent on more than one drug.
Disease Ontology Description A substance dependence that involves the continued use of drugs despite problems related to use of the substance.