pill popping
Taking many medications
Pill popping is the habitual or excessive taking of pills, especially prescription medications, recreational drugs, or supplements.
The term carries a dismissive or critical tone, suggesting mindless or compulsive consumption rather than careful medical treatment: She's been pill popping ever since the accident.
A pill popper is someone who does this.
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- prescription drugsMedicine requiring doctor's order
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- addictCompulsive dependent
swallowing · medication · abuse · opioids · benzos · capsules · pharmacy · painkillers · habit · high · numbness · mental escape · doctor · doctor shopping · refill · bottles · dependence · sedatives
- risky behaviorreckless driving, drunk driving, speeding, drug abuse, binge drinking
- substance usedrug use, alcohol use, substance abuse, drug abuse, recreational use
- drug abusepainkiller abuse, stimulant abuse, doctor shopping, overdose, steroid abuse
- drug useshoot up, dose, dosage, smoke weed, injecting
- harmful copingself-harm, self-injury, self-sabotage, self-destruction, self-medication
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
pill poppinginjection
Syringe-delivered dose
shooting up · intravenous drug use · smoking · snorting · topical application
pill poppingsobriety
Unimpaired mental state
abstinence · clean living · teetotaling · drug-free · straight edge
pill poppingnatural healing
Body's innate restorative processes
holistic medicine · naturopathy · natural remedies · herbal medicine · alternative medicine