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 Drug addiction Patient became addicted to a deliberately 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. Example Reported LLT Selected Pharmacist stole medications from the pharmacy and sold them to others for Drug diversion recreational use The patient sold his controlled drug Drug diversion prescription to another person Transmission of Infectious Agent via Product If a report of transmission of an infectious agent via a product is received, select a term for the transmission. If the infection is identified, select a second term for the specific infection; if appropriate, a product quality issue term can also be selected (see Section 3.28). Example Reported LLT Selected Transmission of an infectious agent via Patient received a nasal spray product product and later developed a severe nasal infection with Burkholderia cepacia. Product contamination bacterial Cultures of unopened containers of the nasal spray grew B. cepacia Burkholderia cepacia infection
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. Example Reported LLT Selected Pharmacist stole medications from the pharmacy and sold them to others for recreational use Drug diversion The patient sold his controlled drug prescription to another person Drug diversion Transmission of Infectious Agent via Product If a report of transmission of an infectious agent via a product is received, select a term for the transmission. If the infection is identified, select a second term for the specific infection; if appropriate, a product quality issue term can also be selected (see Section 3.28). Example Reported LLT Selected Patient received a nasal spray product and later developed a severe nasal infection with Burkholderia cepacia. Cultures of unopened containers of the nasal spray grew B. cepacia Transmission of an infectious agent via product Product contamination bacterial Burkholderia cepacia infection
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