Intravenous therapy — or IV therapy is the giving of liquid substances directly into a vein. It can be intermittent or continuous; continuous administration is called an intravenous drip. The word intravenous simply means within a vein , but is most commonly used to… … Wikipedia
Intravenous drug use — can refer to: *Drug injection *Intravenous therapy, a medical treatment *Recreational drug use … Wikipedia
Intravenous Marijuana Syndrome — is a rare distinct short term clinical syndrome related to the IV injection of boiled marijuana broth, which had been filtered through a cotton cloth. The syndrome has at least 25 known cases in the English language literature, all prior to… … Wikipedia
Intravenous drug use (recreational) — Shoot up redirects here. For the shooting video game genre see Shoot em up. Intravenous drug use refers to intravenous injection of recreational drugs (e.g., heroin, cocaine, amphetamines). History IV drug use is a relatively recent phenomenon… … Wikipedia
drug use — Introduction use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… … Universalium
Responsible drug use — is a harm reduction strategy which argues that a person can use illegal drugs, or illegally use legal drugs, with reduced or eliminated risk of negatively affecting other parts of one s life or the lives of others. Some critics believe that all… … Wikipedia
Cannabis use disorders — (CUD) encompass the two distinct diagnoses of abuse and dependence, defined in the DSM IV by the same criteria as for other substance use disorders, according to the American Psychiatric Association (APA). CUD includes neurocognitive impairments… … Wikipedia
Extravasation (intravenous) — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D005119 Extravasation is the accidental administration of intravenously (IV) infused medicinal drugs into… … Wikipedia
Heroin — Not to be confused with heroine. For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). Heroin … Wikipedia
Linus Pauling — Infobox Scientist name = Linus Pauling caption = Linus Pauling in 1954 birth date = birth date|1901|2|28|df=y birth place = Portland, Oregon, USA residence = United States nationality = United States death date = death date and… … Wikipedia
