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> Based on a quick reading of a few health websites, there is a difference between drug tolerance, dependence, and addiction. Just to be clear here, I'm speak
by chimeracoder 3y ago
> Based on a quick reading of a few health websites, there is a difference between drug tolerance, dependence, and addiction.
Just to be clear here, I'm speaking from a position of much more domain knowledge than "a quick reading of a few health websites".
> If addicts crave the effects of the drug and won’t be satisfied otherwise, then tolerance is a problem for them and they will require ever higher doses to stop the cravings.
This, along with the entire trichotomy you've presented, is incorrect. It may surprise you to know that this is a topic that has been quite extensively researched, and there are mountains of clinical data on the topic. Maintenance doses aren't "ever-increasing" - they're fixed.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y ago> I'm speaking from a position of much more domain knowledge than "a quick reading of a few health websites". Pardon me. It’s hard to tell since your original post was pretty low on content. “No you are wrong” isn’t very insightful. > Maintenance doses aren't "ever-increasing" - they're fixed. Does this work for addiction or just dependence? Can we see some of the “mountains of clinical data on the topic”?
- gwbas1c 3y agoChimeracoder already put it in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37679129 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37679129