Craving drugs Report for Drug Addiction Patients Like You

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Patients

Experiencing Craving drugs
See all 130 patients with Drug Addiction currently experiencing Craving drugs
zoomer Sex: F Data Quality: 3 stars Bipolar I Depression: 1 Mania: 0 Emotional: 1 Anxiety: 0 Compulsion: 0 External Stress: Moderate Rx Therapy 57 F Function: High Distress: Low zoomer ▼ First Symptom: 01/66 Dx: 01/95
depressed_to_death Sex: M Data Quality: 2 stars Major Depressive Disorder Depression: 4 Mania: 2 Emotional: 3 Anxiety: 4 Compulsion: 4 External Stress: Severe Rx Therapy 36 M Function: Low Distress: High depressed_to_death ▼ First Symptom: 10/91 Dx: 01/02
Alicialeeanne Sex: F Data Quality: 3 stars Bipolar I Depression: 0 Mania: 1 Emotional: 0 Anxiety: 1 Compulsion: 1 External Stress: Low Rx 31 F Function: High Distress: Low Alicialeeanne ▼ First Symptom: 07/94 Dx: 07/96

Craving drugs Report

Drug cravings can be physical or psychological. Physical drug cravings occur when the drug dependent person builds up their tolerance to drugs over time.

What we've learned from patients with Drug Addiction who report Craving drugs

Symptom severities

Severe	26
Moderate	54
Mild	42
None	92

What patients with Drug Addiction report taking for the purpose of treating Craving drugs

What patients with Drug Addiction report taking for the purpose of treating Craving drugs
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)	1
Clonidine	1
Naltrexone	1
Methadone	1
Suboxone	1

Last updated: June 19, 2013