Jun 20, 2025 · Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug …

Oct 25, 2022 · People who are addicted to a drug can have physical dependence, but they also compulsively seek a drug and continue to use it even when that drug causes major problems …

May 18, 2022 · Substance-related and addictive disorders. In: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5. 5th ed. American Psychiatric Association; 2013. …

Jun 20, 2025 · Drug addiction affects your brain and behavior to the point where you can't control your use of legal or illegal drugs, even when you know they cause harm.

Jun 14, 2025 · Overview Nicotine dependence happens when your body craves nicotine and you can't stop using it. Nicotine is the chemical in smoked tobacco that causes the urge to smoke. …

Jul 20, 2024 · Drug addiction is defined as an out-of-control feeling that you must use a medicine or drug and continue to use it even though it causes harm over and over again.

Jun 20, 2025 · La adicción a las sustancias adictivas, (trastorno por el consumo de sustancias) es una enfermedad que afecta el cerebro y el comportamiento de una persona, y da lugar a una …

Aug 9, 2025 · Mayo Clinic Addiction Treatment Program provides individualized treatment for people addicted to alcohol, prescription medications and illegal drugs.

Jun 18, 2024 · Kratom may be easier to get than prescription medicines. But it carries its own risk of addiction. People who use kratom to relax or to be more social most likely think that kratom …

Aug 9, 2025 · Mayo Clinic's Intensive Addiction Program is a primary, dual-disorder enhanced, residential substance use treatment program for adults 18 years or older. Treatment is …