What exactly is a clinical dependency on something? What does that phrase mean? I mean I know it's like an addiction to a certain substance - but does it have to be a specific kind of substance? Like medication? Or can it be anything, like caffeine for example? Just wondering, bc I don't get the "clinical" part of the phrase. Thanks.
2007-03-24 18:19:57 · 2 answers · asked by traci 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
i believe clinical means clinic and dependency means you're dependent on some type of drugs. clinic may also mean free clinical trial to learn how a new drug works on human people.
2007-03-24 18:44:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clinical dependency is the state of addiction to drugs that can be recognised in doctor`s office without special laboratory tests. Wihdrawl sympoms of alcohol are good example.
Heroin addiction is generally recognised by grossly constricted pupils.
Clinic means doctor`s office with minimal or no laboratory facilities.
2007-03-24 23:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋