P18

Synonym

• Medication abuse

Inclusions

• abuse of any prescribed drug

Note

• Substance abuse problem definitions should take into account the considerable differences between countries and cultures. Some patients request and use tranquillizers, sleeping tablets, anorectics or laxatives inappropriately and for too long. In these cases physicians can decide to label the episode as 'medicine abuse' without the patients' agreement, and consequently also without the patient's willingness to agree to any medical intervention.

ICD-10

• F13.0; F13.1; F13.2; F13.3; F13.4; F13.5; F13.6; F13.7; F13.8; F13.9; F19.0; F19.1; F19.2; F19.3; F19.4; F19.5; F19.6; F19.7; F19.8; F19.9; F55