drug-induced
Caused by medication
Drug-induced describes conditions, states, or effects caused by taking drugs—whether medications, recreational substances, or illicit compounds.
A drug-induced coma results from overdose or medical sedation.
Drug-induced psychosis can follow heavy stimulant use.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts: drug-induced liver damage, drug-induced hallucinations.
Compulsive substance reliance
- dependenceState of needing another
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- relapseReturn to former illness
overdose · impairment · intoxication · needle · injection · snorted · ingested · recreational
Perception without external cause
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- hepatitisInflammatory liver condition
cardiomyopathy · parkinsonism · lupus · arrhythmia · nephropathy · delirium · hyperthermia · encephalopathy
Intense emotional high
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- highGreat in altitude
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- stuporSuspended sensibility
dissociation · sedation · trance · hallucination · delirium · flashback · synesthesia · paranoia
Induced loss of feeling
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- immunosuppressionReduced bodily defense activation
- remissionTemporary disease absence
hypotension · anticoagulation · ovulation · abortion · lactation · hypothermia · sleep · amnesia
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- dependenceState of needing another
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- withdrawalAct of taking away
relapse · overdose · impairment · intoxication · needle · injection · snorted · ingested · recreational · illicit
hallucination
Perception without external cause
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
hepatitis · cardiomyopathy · parkinsonism · lupus · arrhythmia · nephropathy · delirium · hyperthermia · encephalopathy · neuropathy
euphoria
Intense emotional high
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- highGreat in altitude
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
stupor · dissociation · sedation · trance · hallucination · delirium · flashback · synesthesia · paranoia · blackout
anesthesia
Induced loss of feeling
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- immunosuppressionReduced bodily defense activation
remission · hypotension · anticoagulation · ovulation · abortion · lactation · hypothermia · sleep · amnesia · relaxation
- cognitive disordersdementia, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, vascular dementia
- hemolysishemolysis, osmotic lysis
drug-inducedendogenous
Originating from within
physiological · innate · organic · intrinsic · genetic
drug-inducednatural
Not artificially produced
spontaneous · unmedicated · drug-free · organic · untreated
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