Reported LLT Selected Comment Athlete used anabolic steroid preparation to Steroid abuse enhance performance Patient occasionally uses opioid product to Opioid abuse, episodic use get high LLT Intentional use by Drug abuse Patient deliberately incorrect route (PT ingested the topical Intentional product use medication for its issue) provides additional Intentional use by incorrect psychoactive effect information about the nature route of the drug abuse See Section 3.24.1 and 3.24.2 for additional references to terms in MedDRA. Addiction For the purposes of term selection and analysis of MedDRA-coded data, addiction is an overwhelming desire by a patient or consumer to take a drug for non-therapeutic purposes together with inability to control or stop its use despite harmful consequences. Addiction can occur because drug induces physical dependence and consequently a withdrawal syndrome, but this is not an essential feature; and addiction can occur because of a desire to experience the drug's psychological, behavioral or physical effects. Example Reported LLT Selected Patient became dependent on crack Dependence on cocaine cocaine Patient became addicted to a deliberately Drug addiction ingested topical medication for its Intentional use by incorrect route psychoactive effect See Section 3.24.1 for additional references to terms in MedDRA. “addict/addiction” Drug diversion For the purposes of term selection and analysis of MedDRA-coded data, drug diversion means that a drug is diverted from legal and medically necessary uses toward illegal uses.
Reported LLT Selected Comment Athlete used anabolic steroid preparation to enhance performance Steroid abuse Patient occasionally uses opioid product to get high Opioid abuse, episodic use Patient deliberately ingested the topical medication for its psychoactive effect Drug abuse Intentional use by incorrect route LLT Intentional use by incorrect route (PT Intentional product use issue) provides additional information about the nature of the drug abuse See Section 3.24.1 and 3.24.2 for additional references to terms in MedDRA. Addiction For the purposes of term selection and analysis of MedDRA-coded data, addiction is an overwhelming desire by a patient or consumer to take a drug for non-therapeutic purposes together with inability to control or stop its use despite harmful consequences. Addiction can occur because drug induces physical dependence and consequently a withdrawal syndrome, but this is not an essential feature; and addiction can occur because of a desire to experience the drug's psychological, behavioral or physical effects. Example Reported LLT Selected Patient became dependent on crack cocaine Dependence on cocaine Patient became addicted to a deliberately ingested topical medication for its psychoactive effect Drug addiction Intentional use by incorrect route See Section 3.24.1 for additional references to “addict/addiction” terms in MedDRA. Drug diversion For the purposes of term selection and analysis of MedDRA-coded data, drug diversion means that a drug is diverted from legal and medically necessary uses toward illegal uses.