prescription abuse
Improper drug use
Prescription abuse is the misuse of medications obtained through a doctor's prescription—taking higher doses than prescribed, using someone else's prescription, or taking drugs for purposes other than their intended medical use.
The term appears frequently in discussions of opioid addiction: Prescription abuse has fueled the overdose epidemic.
Also called prescription drug abuse.
- opioidsReceptor-binding pain relievers
- painkillersDrugs reducing physical discomfort
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- pillsOral medication units
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- addictionsaddiction, drug addiction, alcoholism, nicotine addiction, gambling
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- Military Substance Abusedrug testing, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, alcohol dependence, substance misuse
- substance usedrug use, alcohol use, recreational use, tobacco use, drinking
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